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All necessary truth is its own evidence.

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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Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used.
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The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less imports the question of authorship.
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I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.
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Look sharply after your own thoughts. They come unlooked for, like a new bird seen on your trees, and, if you turn to your usual task, disappear and you shall never find that perception again never, I say-but perhaps years, ages, and I know not what events and worlds my lie between you and its return.
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