“Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Experience (Primary source)
This essay delves into the complexities of human experience, acknowledging its limitations and uncertainties while still affirming the value of seeking truth and meaning.
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
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“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Love the day.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“My God what would a man do with a woman like that except worship her?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source