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I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's Popular Quotes

God hides things by putting them near us.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We pass for what we are.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make youself necessary to someone.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some will always be above others.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

My hours are peaceful centuries.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is a festival only to the wise.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can be preserved that is not good.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world we live in is but thickened light.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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