Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · The essay's central command, set near its opening as the rule every great person has lived by.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · The essay's central command, set near its opening as the rule every great person has lived by.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson · The second-to-last sentence of his essay, followed only by "Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles."
Ralph Waldo Emerson · The opening sentence of his essay on love.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · From his essay "Friendship"; the full sentence begins "The only reward of virtue is virtue".
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