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Famous Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Famous quotes by the American essayist, poet and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, USA, and died April 27, 1882.

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Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

It is easy to live for others; everybody does.

It is an amiable illusion, which the shape of our planet prompts, that every man is at the top of the world.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

There is this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal.

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Money talks ...but all mine ever says is GOODBYE!

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