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Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
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Trade quotesWe rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.
Trade quotesThe greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade.
Possessions quotesSome men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.
Education quotesThe secret in education lies in respecting the student.
Babies quotesInfancy conforms to nobody: all conform to it, so that one babe commonly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play to it.
Attitude quotesTo different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
Population quotesIf government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.
Sentiment quotesSociety is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.
Experience quotesThe more experiments you make the better.
Imagination quotesWe live by our imagination, our admiration, and our sentiments.
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