Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Tag: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.