“Grief too will make us idealists.”
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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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“If you know that this life is all that you have, wouldn’t you make the most of it?”
— Ayn Rand Disputed“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“You may delay, but time will not.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source