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Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.
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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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul.
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The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy. It is as real a loss that others should be low, as that we should be low for we musthave a society.
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Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
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