About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and...
More quotations from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
The strongest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
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