The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one.... -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

Ralph Waldo Emerson , Philosopher
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes to Explore

Hitch your wagon to a star....
We must be our own before we can be another's....
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not....
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war....
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well....
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Phi...
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing....
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great....
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world....
Good men must not obey the laws too well....

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Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man....
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The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all....
Prosperity is the best protector of principle....
Fatigue is the best pillow....
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them....
Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worried I'm young - it's an incentive to do the best I can....
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'...
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws....
He who laughs best today, will also laughs last....