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We seek our friend not sacredly, but with an adulterate passion which would appropriate him to ourselves.
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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Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
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What you do thunders above your head so loudly, I cannot hear the words you speak.
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