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Quotes from English Traits — Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803–1882 United States

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The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.

English Traits (1856)

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.

English Traits (1856)

The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.

English Traits (1856)

I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, — mettle and bottom.

English Traits (1856)

Solvency is maintained by means of the national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

English Traits (1856)

Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.

English Traits (1856)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ralph Waldo Emerson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.