"A man is like a bit of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his special Talent, and the mastery of Successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced.
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“The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.”
“The true preacher can be known by this, that he deals out to the people his life,--life passed through the fire of thought.”
“Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.”
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“It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.”
“When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.”
“I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.”