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Quote DB :: Authors :: Ralph Waldo Emerson :: View Quote View Quote "People only see what they are prepared to see." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Ralph Waldo Emerson Listed in: Miscellaneous Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.8  Rate Quote 10 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson "The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between two people." "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us." "Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto." "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." "The definition of success--To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition.; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived--this is to have succeeded." Top 5 quotes from Miscellaneous "Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness." "Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities." "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." "As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever." "Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity."

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