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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The greatest homage to truth is to use it.”

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

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“If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.”

Ifs Men Able Action Sound Activity Satisfied Thee Heroic Expecting Live Happy

Book:Meditations

Source: Meditations

“To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.”

Should Home School Purpose Realizing Advice Masters Expenses Grandfather Great Grandfather

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.”

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“There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.”

Men Dying Blessed Delight Occasions Death And Dying Hail Deathbed

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.”

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“After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.”

Fame Vanity Everlasting

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“Gluttony and drunkenness have two evils attendant on them; they make the carcass smart, as well as the pocket.”

Wells Two Evil Smart Pockets Drunkenness Gluttony Two Evils

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“The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.”

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“Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee.”

Universe Late Harmony Dues Thee Too Late Harmonious Due Time

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which you see, and out of their substance will make other things and again other things... in order that the world may be ever new.”

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Book:Meditations

Source: Meditations