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Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)

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Every hero becomes a bore at last.

 

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

 

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

 

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.

 
 

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

 

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

 

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

 

That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.

 
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