"The heroic soul does not sell its..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness.
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“He in whom the love of truth predominates . . . submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion; but he is a candidate for truth . . . and respects the highest law of his being.”
“Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or reject; and on his word, or as his second, be he who he may, I can accept nothing.”
“You will think me very pedantic, gentlemen, but holiday though it may be, I have not the smallest interest in any holiday, except as it celebrates real and not pretended joys.”
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“As I hopeFor quiet days, fair issue, and long life,With such love as 'tis now, the murkiest den,The most opportune place, the strong'st suggestionOur worser genius can, shall never meltMine honour into lust, to take awayThe edge of that day's celebration,When I shall think or Phoebus' steeds are founder'dOr Night kept chain'd below.”
“You must do right before you feel good.”
“Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?”