"There are men who, by their sympathetic..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are men who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race.
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“Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.”
“It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.”
“The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.”
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“Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the government of worse men; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors, as the penalty of abstaining to speak,--that they shall hear worse orators than themselves.”
“All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.”
“Bush is a natural-born loser with a filthy-rich daddy who pimped his son out to rich oil-mongers. He hates music, football and sex, in no particular order, and he is no fun at all.”
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“A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.”
“One man is more concerned with the impression he makes on the rest of mankind, another with the impression the rest of mankind makes on him.”
“His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.”