Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Potential
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A man is a god in ruins.
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All that Shakespeare says of the king, yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself.
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Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.
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Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.