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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"Sentimentalists ... adopt whatever merit is in good repute, and almost make it hateful with their praise. The warmer their expressions, the colder we feel.... Cure the drunkard, heal the insane, mollify the homicide, civilize the Pawnee, but what lessons can be devised for the debauchee of sentiment?"

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"But what help from these fineries or pedantries? What help from thought? Life is not dialectics. We, I think, in these times, have had lessons enough of the futility of criticism."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"The first and last lesson of religion is, "The things that are seen, are temporal; the things that are unseen, are eternal." It puts an affront upon nature."

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Shaw Desmond Author
Lessons

"The object of our sojourns on earth, as apart from the gaining of experience, is but one. The loosing of ourselves from the coil of reincarnation, which, over and over again, brings us back to earth as on a coiled spring, until, having learned the last lesson of matter, leaped the last barrier, we are freed for ever from earth."

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Ricky Jay Magician
Lessons

"I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion."

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Simon Sinek Author, Motivational Speaker
Lessons

"Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead."

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Stephen King Author
Lessons

"Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones."

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Russell Baker Writer
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"Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history."

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Richard Bacon Television Presenter, Radio Host
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"I have learned the lesson the hard way and I hope it serves as a lesson to lots of other young people. I would also like to apologise to all loyal Blue Peter viewers."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Lessons

"A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Lessons

"Unless we learn the lesson of nonviolence fully, we shall never do away with the deadly feuds which have been the curse of the Frontier people."

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