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Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Want Quotes,
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A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays read more

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Anger Quotes,
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It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that
a man, having once shown himself read more

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that
a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is
entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at
discretion.

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For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Poetry Quotes,
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God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Truth Quotes,
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