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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
«Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Keywords:
chief,
Chiefs,
could,
inspire,
know,
someone,
to be,
U.S.,
us,
want
«The world belongs to the energetic»
«Difficulties exist to be surmounted»
«Character - a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Acts,
character,
directly,
force,
in character,
in force,
means,
out of character,
presence,
reserved,
reserves,
reserving
«For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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About:
Anger
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Keywords:
angriest,
angry,
every,
For every,
happiness,
lose,
minute,
seconded,
seconds,
sixty
«We do not yet trust the unknown power of thoughts»
«Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.»
«Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
action,
bring,
close,
close to,
deliberation,
deliberations,
glance,
glanced,
glances,
glancing,
heed,
heeded,
heeds,
question,
shall,
spontaneous,
The Best
«We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
choose up,
choosing,
elected,
electing,
elects,
Friends,
self,
talk,
talk of
«A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.»
