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Emerson

24quotes

Quotes by Emerson

We are very near to greatness. One-step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?
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We are very near to greatness. One-step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?
Who drinks of Cupid's nectar cup loveth downward, and not up.
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Who drinks of Cupid's nectar cup loveth downward, and not up.
No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.
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No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.
The world belongs to the cheerful. The soul's highest duty is to be of good cheer.
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The world belongs to the cheerful. The soul's highest duty is to be of good cheer.
To different minds, the same world is hell and heaven.
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To different minds, the same world is hell and heaven.
We put our love where we have put our labor.
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We put our love where we have put our labor.
Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.
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Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.
One man's justice is another man's injustice.
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One man's justice is another man's injustice.
Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other.
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Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other.
Our first mistake is the belief that the circumstance gives the joy which we give to the circumstance.
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Our first mistake is the belief that the circumstance gives the joy which we give to the circumstance.
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