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Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial questions at his own supper table.
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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If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much.
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Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins
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