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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
Waldo Emerson
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It is the fine souls who serve us, and not what is called fine society. Fine society is only a self-protection against the vulgarities of the street and the tavern.
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Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable.
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Every wall is a door.
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Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
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People say law but they mean wealth.
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Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow.
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