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The true poem is the poet's mind.
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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That which builds is better than that which is built.
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I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
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