The measure of action is the sentiment from which it procee… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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

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Every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Henry David Thoreau Michel de Montaigne Friedrich Nietzsche Thomas Carlyle

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The horseman serves the horse, The neatherd serves the neat, The merchant serves the purse, The eater serves his meat; 'T is the day of the chattel, Web to weave, and corn to grind; Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind.

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind.

The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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