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Famous Quotes in History by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1


Here are some famous quotes in history by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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


A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, for the rest of his days.


A man of no conversation should smoke.


Adhere to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagent, and broken the monotony of a decorous age.


And what is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.


Art is a jealous mistress.


Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.


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


Cunning egotism: if I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.


Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

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