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Life is too short to waste . . . 'Twill soon be dark Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!
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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I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.
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