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Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.
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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Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.
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Great country, diminutive minds. America is formless, has no terrible and no beautiful condensation.
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