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Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   May 25, 1803
 
Date of Death:   Apr 27,  1882
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
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A man in debt is so far a slave.
 
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
 
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
 
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Our best thoughts come from others.
 
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
 
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
 
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
 
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
 
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
 
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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
 
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
 
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
 
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
 
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