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The quotations of

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American philosopher

1803–1882

102 quotes, most often on Friendship, Nature and Beauty. Part of the Poets collection.

Let the river roll which way it will, cities will rise on its banks.
- Nature
And striving to be man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
May-Day and Other Pieces (1867), May-Day
- Change
- Nature
Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.
Nature (1836), Language
- Nature
There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet.
Nature (1836), Nature
- Nature
- Poetry
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!
Nature (1836), Nature
- God
- Nature
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing.
Nature (1836), Nature
- Nature
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
Journal (25 May 1843)
- Nature

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