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A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet....
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If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son,...
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True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating...
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It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man that gives...
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The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of...
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Honesty is the best image.
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Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct...
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Part of the power of Emerson’s individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that...
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I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the...
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Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.