One of our statesmen said, 'The curse of this country is eloquent men.'
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We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones they are for what they are they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose. It is perfect in every moment of its existence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world we live in is but thickened light.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speak the affirmative emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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