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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Birthday: | May 25, 1803 |
Birthplace: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Death: | April 27, 1882 |
Educated At: | Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School |
Lifestyle: | Mystic |
Nationality: | United States Of America |
Occupations: | Essayist, Diarist, Philosopher, Biographer, Writer |
Religion: | Unitarianism |
Spouse: | Lidian Jackson Emerson |
Total quotes: 24
Ralph Waldo Emerson
BirthnameBirthday: May 25, 1803
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Death: April 27, 1882
Educated At: Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School
Lifestyle: Mystic
Nationality: United States Of America
Occupations: Essayist, Diarist, Philosopher, Biographer, Writer
Religion: Unitarianism
Spouse: Lidian Jackson Emerson
Total quotes: 24
“Napoleon had 'two o'clock in the morning courage.' That's the type you need when caught off guard.”
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strategy
“When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes and none will. His glass is extinguished with him. In some other and quite different field, the next man will appear not Jefferson, not Franklin, but now a great salesman; then a road-contractor then a student of fishes; then a buffalo hunting explorer; or a semi-savage Western General.”
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Life
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