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Love, and you shall be loved.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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Whom God has put asunder, why should man put together?
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Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner.
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The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.
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