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"...The name of the song is called 'Haddocks' Eyes'!"
"Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to
feel interested.
"No, you don't understand," the Knight said, looking a little
vexed. "That's what the name is called. The nam Emerson
There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by
ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his
character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler
animals, yet see what rid Emerson
A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to
time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Luck can't last a lifetime, unless you die young.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
"What was the worst thing you've ever done?"
"I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that
ever happened to me... the most dreadful thing."
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Not to laugh, not to lament, not to curse, but to understand.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Catharsis is something I associate with pornography and crossword puzzles.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Chance is perhaps the work of God when He did not want to sign.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
To err is human, to repent, divine, to persist, devilish.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. He of all men
should behave as though the law compelled him. But it is the universal
weakness of mankind that what we are given to administer we presently imagine
we own.
 Emerson
Ralph Waldo
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
 Fosdick
Harry Emerson
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Confidence is simply that quiet, assured feeling you have before you
fall flat on your face.
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Dr. L.
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