Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Work and acquire and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
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When it is darkest, men see the stars.
Work is victory.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Work and acquire and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.
Be and not seem.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.
A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.
I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
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