Quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, bu...

There is no one who does not exaggerate.  In conv...

'Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration. ...

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and ...

Exaggeration is in the course of things.  Nature ...

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark.  Every ac...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of...

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming ...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny m...

One more fagot of these adamantine bandages is the new...

God enters by a private door into each individual....

Pictures must not be too picturesque. ...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or po...

All promise outruns performance. ...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know ...

The end of the human race will be that it will eventua...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future.
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Finish each day and be done with it.  You have do...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.&...

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not eve...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny m...

We acquire the strength we have overcome. ...

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ...

I think sometimes could I only have music on my own te...