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When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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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Thought is the seed of action.
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A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.
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When we can't piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. Let Him help put you together.
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