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Ralph Waldo Emerson | wisdom

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies.