Examples of Emerson's famous sayings are as follows:

1. Don't laugh at the shoemaker's black and thick thumb.

2. Truth is the pinnacle of existence, and justice is the application of truth in practice.

3. The family is the kingdom of the father, the world of the mother, and the paradise of children.

4. Things are ugly not because they are different, but because they are boring.

5. Health is the first wealth in life.

6. When books are used well, they are the best things; when they are abused, they are one of the worst things.

7. The doubts that humans have are the germs of science.

8. If you love the eternity, you should love the present; yesterday cannot be brought back, and tomorrow will still be unreal; the only thing you can be sure of is today's present.

9. Courteous demeanor is mainly a manifestation of self-restraint.

10. The joy of life depends on life itself, not on work or location.

11. There is a prohibition for all well-educated people: do not lose your temper.

12. We conquer power, so we gain power.

13. Nikko is one of the best painters. Under his colorful brushwork, even the most ugly things can become charming.

14. There is nothing more charming than the brilliant orb of ambition on the neck of a young man.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882), born in Boston, USA. American thinker, writer, and poet. Emerson is a representative figure who established the spirit of American culture and the most outstanding spokesperson of New England Transcendentalism. U.S. President Lincoln called him "American Confucius" and "the father of American civilization."

Representative works "On Nature" and "American Scholar". Among them, "On Nature" is considered the bible of New England Transcendentalism, while "The American Scholar" is hailed as "the Declaration of Independence in the field of American thought and culture." His philosophical thought absorbed European idealist transcendentalism and developed into transcendentalism.