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«The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Youth
| Keywords:
admiration, admires, fails, hero, intoxicate, intoxicated, intoxicates, intoxicating, of his own, projection, projections
«O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas»
«For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.»
«Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Elegance,
Self reliance
| Keywords:
anything, as to, elegant, few, self, serve, serve up, serve well, wants
«Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Enthusiasm
| Keywords:
leaping, lightning, measured
«Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.»
«What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Graduation,
Lies
| Keywords:
compared, tiny
«A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
desires, low, parent, repeat, self-loving, self love
«Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody»
«Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.»
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