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Be an opener of doors.
Opportunity
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.
Beauty
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beauty rests on necessities.
Beauty
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
Belief
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours.
Wish and Wishing
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Thoughts and Thinking
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Ability
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Blame is safer than praise.
Critics and Criticism
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.
Perseverance
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Can anybody remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
Difficulties
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
Desire
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.
Cities and City Life
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.
Cities and City Life
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Civilization depends on morality.
Civilization
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
Arts and Artists
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
Genius
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.
Loneliness
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well.
Economy and Economics
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.
Crime and Criminals
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Common Sense
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.
Speakers and Speaking
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the school of genius.
Solitude
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.
Courage
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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