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Ralph Waldo Emerson | time

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.