Member Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
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A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends
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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.
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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them.
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Our distrust is very expensive.
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We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.