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Thought is the blossom language the bud action the fruit behind it.
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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R. W. Emerson
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Wherever there is failure, there is some giddiness, some superstition about luck, some step omitted, which, Nature never pardons.
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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You must treat the days respectfully, you must be a day yourself, and not interrogate it like a college professor.
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