Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a 19th-century American essayist and philosopher known for his ideas on individualism and nature, particularly in his work 'Self-Reliance.'

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Born
May 25, 1803
Died
April 27, 1882
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"I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself anylonger for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall bethe happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that youshould. I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust thatwhat is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moonwhatever inly rejoices me, and the heart appoints. If you are noble, Iwill love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself byhypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truthwith me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own."

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"The Sun is the sole inconsumable fireAnd God is the sole inexhaustible Giver."

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"The universal does not attract us until housed in an individual."

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"A nation never falls but by suicide."

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"Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other."

Men Long Company
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"After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk."

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"The affirmative of affirmatives... is love."

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"Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave."

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"Every day, a little sadder, a little madder. Will someone get me a ladder?"

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"Performing on a stool, we've got a sight to make you drool, seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool."

Sight Social Taboos Mules
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"The mind will quote whether the tongue does or not."

Mind Doe Tongue
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"A bullet had found him, his blood ran out as he cried. No money could save him, so he laid down and died. Ooh, what a lucky man he was."

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"We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues."

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"Life is girt all round with a zodiac of sciences, the contributions of men who have perished to add their point of light to our sky. ... These road-makers on every hand enrich us. We must extend the area of life and multiply our relations. We are as much gainers by finding a property in the old earth as by acquiring a new planet."

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"Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth."

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"Who are the farmer's servants? ... Geology and Chemistry, the quarry of the air, the water of the brook, the lightning of the cloud, the castings of the worm, the plough of the frost."

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"The course of everything goes to teach us faith."

Faith Teach Courses
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"The world is all outside, it has no inside."

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"The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness. It does not ask to dine nicely and to sleep warm. The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough. Poverty is its ornament. It does not need plenty, and can very well abide its loss."

Hero Sleep Loss
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"The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, but in the human voice when it speaks from its instant life tones of tenderness, truth, or courage."

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