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• Thought is the seed of action. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• The only reward of virtue is virtue. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• The only gift is a portion of yourself. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Goethe...
• We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
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• Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
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• The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso