If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.


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This quote is just one of 228 total Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes in our collection. Ralph Waldo Emerson is known for saying 'If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

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What you are comes to you.

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I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
244

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The ancestor of every action is a thought. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
243

Every artist was first an amateur.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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