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American Poet, Writer, Philosopher May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882

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It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "great is the art"
great is the art Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The day is always (hers or) his, who works in it with serenity..."
The day is always (hers or) his, who works in it with serenity and great aims. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world of any moment is the merest appearance. Some great decorum, some fetish of government, some ephemeral trade, or war, or man, is cried up by half mankind and cried down by the other half, as if it all depended on this particular up or down. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you. For you is the phenomenon perfect. What we are, that only can we see. All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do. Adam called his house, heaven and earth; Caesar called his house, Rome; you perhaps call yours, a cobler's trade; a hundred acres of ploughed land; or a scholar's garret. Yet line for line and point for point, your dominion... Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with..."
the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that..."
Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and..."
Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is..."
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "There is no great and no small. To the Soul that maketh all:..."
There is no great and no small. To the Soul that maketh all: And where it cometh, all things are. And it cometh everywhere. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and..."
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but..."
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the..."
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Great men exist that there may be greater men."
Great men exist that there may be greater men. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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