Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Choice
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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
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Men suffer all their life long, under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
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Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home: Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine.
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A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.