 It is easy' in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.  Select Essays and Poems - Page 35by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
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...is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the...crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson You come to understand yourself through understanding others. History... | |
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...must do what we are motivated to do, not what others think we should do. "It is easy," Emerson says, "to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own." What's difficult is to keep the independence of solitude in the midst of the crowd. The problem with... | |
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