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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson - To me men are for what...


Biography - Ralph Waldo Emerson:

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

To me men are for what they are, They wear no masks with me.



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Translation

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French
Pour moi les hommes sont ce qu'ils sont, devant moi ils n'ont pas de masque.




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Quotes for: mask


Quotes

Quotes about mask:


No one can wear a mask for very long.





Everything that is profound loves the mask.





Virtue will not be followed but for herself; and, if we sometimes borrow her mask for some other occasion, she presently pulls it off again.





Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.





To make her onset worse, malice pretends to be good.





The mask is torn off, the reality remains.







Quotes for: Man


Quotes

Quotes about man, all human beings:


Man is the future of man.





No man is weak by choice.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





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





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.











Quotes

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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