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Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.
Luck
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay,
Sincerity
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.
Skepticism
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.
Slavery
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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So far as a person thinks; they are free.
Freedom
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
Cheerfulness
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.
Society
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Society is a hospital of incurables.
Society
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
Society
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.
Solitude
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Books - Reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
Praise
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow.
Equality
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sorrow makes us all children again, destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest knows nothing.
Sorrow
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sorrow makes us children again.
Sorrow
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.
Civilization
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.
Sympathy
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.
Talent
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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That man is idle who can do something better.
Idleness
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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That which builds is better than that which is built.
Creativity
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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That which we call sin in others, is experiment for us.
Sin
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The ancestor of every action is thought.
Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.
Arts and Artists
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The basis of good manners is self-reliance.
Manners
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
Influence
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
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