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Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

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



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.

Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.

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