There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be … - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

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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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner.

Everything teaches transition, transference, metamorphosis: therein is human power, in transference, not in creation; & therein is human destiny, not in longevity but in removal. We dive & reappear in new places.

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