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Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
Society
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.
Solitude
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.
Talent
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The ancestor of every action is thought.
Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The highest compact we can make with our fellow is --Let there be truth between us two forevermore.
Trust
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action.
Masses
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.
Soul
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.
State
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.
Facts
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To think is to act.
Thoughts and Thinking
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.
Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?.
Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Argument
Nathaniel Emmons

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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Action
Friedrich Engels

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No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.
Action
Quintus Ennius

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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
Attitude
Epictetus

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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
Discipline
Epictetus

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Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?
Children
Epictetus

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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men
Justice
Epicurus

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One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.
Character
L. Estrange

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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Character
Euripides

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Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.
Habit
Evenus

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The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.
Action
Evenus

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The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.
Stupidity
John King Fairbank

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun