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The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are- Never read any book that is not a year old. Never read any but the famed books. Never read any but what you like.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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The world belongs to the energetic.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and squirrel.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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There is properly no history, but only biography.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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Tis the good reader that makes the good book.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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To be simple is to be great,
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the w
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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Trust thyself.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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We are born believing. A man bears belief, as a tree bears apples.
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 
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