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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension.
Man sheds grief as his skin sheds rain.
Sorrow makes us all children again.
There are some men above grief and some men below it.
Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.
The State is a poor, good beast who means the best: it means friendly.
When fear enters the heart of a man at hearing the names of candidates and the reading of laws that are proposed, then is the State safe, but when these things are heard without regard, as above or below us, then is the Commonwealth sick or dead.
Diplomacy Quote
There are times when even the greatest tactician in diplomatic cunning is outclassed in his own game. It is then that he discovers that all that he thought he had gained is but loss, and that what is left of national honor and dignity is but the shadow of an illustrious past that is gone forever, or of a potentially great future that will never come.
Motivational Quote
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Wise Quote
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
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