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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

«For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys»
«It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it»
«Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Mankind | Keywords: channel
«Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty»
«If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused»
«Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations»
«Every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds»
«We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?»
«Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock.»
«Our best history is still poetry.»