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A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
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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Books are the best of things, well used abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
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Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.
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