A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes, by his distastes, by the stories he tells, by his gait, by the notion of his eye . . .Ralph Waldo Emerson
The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end.
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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is known by the books he reads.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his special Talent, and the mastery of Successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.
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