When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive
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Grow angry slowly there's plenty of time.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of Being inflated with celestial air, until it eclipses the sun and moon.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
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Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.
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The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --Never read a book that is not a year old. Never read any but the famed books. Never read any but what you like.
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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
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