More from Ralph Waldo Emerson

  1. Men are what their mothers made them.
  2. In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, …
  3. Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.
  4. Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.
  5. Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out,…
  6. All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
  7. Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
  8. Coal is a portable climate.

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