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The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Machine Quotes,
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Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties read more

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

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The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Character Quotes,
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The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is read more

The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Body Quotes,
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