More from Ralph Waldo Emerson

  1. All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
  2. The world is his, who has money to go over it.
  3. Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.
  4. Art is a jealous mistress.
  5. 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, …
  6. You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
  7. Whatever limits us we call Fate.
  8. All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe.

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