“Every thing impossible, until we see a success.”
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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“Success is the most convincing talker in the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“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“The thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“In France, only the impossible is admired.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed