a man only knows what he's experienced - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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a man only knows what he's experienced

Ralph Waldo Emerson

life judgement experience

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About Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet.

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Alternative Names: R. W. Emerson • Waldo Emerson

Originators like Ralph Waldo Emerson:

The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul

Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.