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The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.183, Graphic Arts Books

If 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.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.132, Harvard University Press

Every word was once a poem.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Emerson: Poems”, p.251, Everyman's Library

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Emerson's Essays: Top Essays”, p.102, 谷月社

Isolation must precede true society.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.140, Harvard University Press

She shows us only surfaces, but she is million-fathoms deep.

"The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1843 - 1871".

Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.295, Harvard University Press

A man should carry nature in his head.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.63, University of Georgia Press

Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1808). “Select Essays and Poems”, p.59

If the race is good, so is the place.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traits”, p.42, Harvard University Press

Cut these words and they would bleed; they are vascular and alive.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.154, Courier Corporation

My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.304, Penguin

To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.107, David R. Godine Publisher

I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1969). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VII: 1838-1842”, p.239, Harvard University Press

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.117, Harvard University Press

The surest poison is time.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1911). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.319, Рипол Классик

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men or they are no better than dreams.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3017, Delphi Classics

Art is a jealous mistress.

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