Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.
Tag: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Always do what you are afraid to do.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.
Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.