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«That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.»
«No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.»
«Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well -- he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.»
«No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.»
«All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of you first.»
«If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side...when the glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era? This time...is a very good one..»
«The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities»
«We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves...»
«The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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assailant, on the side, throws, weak point
«Treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.»
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