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"Never read any book that is not a year old." Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was known for his words (in writing and speaking) being an American philosopher, essayist, and poet. Here are some of his short, famous quotes.
| | None believeth in the soul of man, but only in some man or person old and departed. |
| | Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. |
| | Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God. |
| | Nothing can be preserved that is not good. |
| | Never read any book that is not a year old. |
| | What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered. |
| | Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. |
| | The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence. |
| | Poetry must be new as foam, and as old as the rock. |
| | Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. |
| | We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. |
| | Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. |
| | Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. |
| | Every sweet hath its sour; every evil its good. |
| | Thou art to me a delicious torment. |
| | Almost all people descend to meet. |
| | Happy is the house that shelters a friend! |
| | A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. |
| | A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. |
| | The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. |
| | Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. |
| | The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. |
| | All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. |
| | You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. |
| | This world belongs to the energetic. |
| | Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody. |
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