Famous Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

Below are famous quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance - US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882).

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

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