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About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet.
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Additional quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight.
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant party, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away.