Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Good men must not obey the laws too well. >>

The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their pre >>

Quotations about Possessions

How many are the things I can do without! >>

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness pos >>

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not naile >>

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo