Ralph Waldo Emerson — Philosophical Quotes

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

Philosophical

“We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.”

Mean Simple Beauty

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

Philosophical

“Liberty is slow fruit. It is never cheap; it is made difficult because freedom is the accomplishment and perfectness of man.”

Men Liberty Freedom

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Philosophical

“Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of beat.”

Evil Cold

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“We surround ourselves with the true image of ourselves.”

Surround

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“No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.”

Law Sacred Self Reliance

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“In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold.”

Nature Given

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“I like people who like Plato.”

People Plato

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“All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.”

People Nature Selfish

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“Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate.”

Character Cat Drama

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“All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.”

Action Forget Spontaneity

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“This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.”

Men Eye Learning

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“If the king is in the palace, nobody looks at the walls. It is when he is gone, and the house is filled with grooms and gazers, that we turn from the people, to find relief in the majestic men that are suggested by the pictures and the architecture.”

Wall Kings Leadership

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