If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.

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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

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Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

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We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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