Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.

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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

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Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen.

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