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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson - When Nature has work to be...


Biography - Ralph Waldo Emerson:

American essayist, lecturer and poet.
Born: 1803 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.



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Quotes for: nature


Quotes

Quotes about nature:


Universal Nature has made reasonable creatures for the sake of one another.





Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.





Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.











Quotes for: genius


Quotes

Quotes for: genius


Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.





Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.





He recognized in himself that power to forget which only children have, and geniuses, and the innocent. Innocent, overwhelmed by joy, he understood at last that he was made for happiness.





Good sense and genius beget esteem and regard: Wit and humour excite love and affection.





Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.





In fact, every child is to a certain extent a genius, and every genius to a certain extent a child.











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Ralph Waldo Emerson also said...


Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.





To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.





Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.





Earth laughs in flowers.





Money often costs too much.





The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.












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