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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Meek young men grow up in colleges and believe it is their duty to accept the views which books have given, and grow up slaves.
The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
The things taught in schools are not an education but the means of an education.
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.
This world belongs to the energetic.
Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever accomplished.
Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.
All great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.
Love Quote
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
Life Quote
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
Happiness Quote
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Friend Quote
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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