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“Beauty brings its own fancy price, for all that a man hath will he give for his love.”

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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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“Wise men read very sharply all of your private history in your look and gait and behavior.”

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“Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life.”

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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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Book:The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude

Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude

“There is no calamity that right words will not begin to redress”

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“Remarkable trait in the American Character is the union, not very infrequent, of Yankee cleverness with spiritualism.”

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Book:Emerson in His Journals

Source: Emerson in His Journals

“Conversation is a game of circles.”

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“Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

“It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.”

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Book:Essays and Lectures

Source: Essays and Lectures

“In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of the occasion and the hour, and says what cannot but be said. Hence the term "abandonment" to describe the self- surrender of the orator. Not his will, but the principle on which he is horsed, the great connection and crisis of events, thunder in the ear of the crowd.”

Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude

“The pleasure of eloquence is in greatest part owing often to the stimulus of the occasion which produces it- - to the magic of sympathy, which exalts the feeling of each by radiating on him the feeling of all.”

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Source: Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions