Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Thoughts Inner life Nature of life Life

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. Aug. 1847.

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Time
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Montaigne; or, the Skeptic." Representative Men. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850.

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Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

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Time
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Another quote about Life

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

W.H. Davies

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Topic
Taking one's time Slowing down Busyness Purpose of life Life

Author

W.H. Davies
Source
Leisure Songs of Joy and Others
Medium
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Language
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Time
1911 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Davies, W. H. "Leisure." Songs of Joy and Others. A. C. Fifield, 1911.