“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.
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“It was for beauty that the world was made.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.”
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“There is no little enemy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
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