 Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add...  Essays: First series - Page 100by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
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...work any harm ; it cannot work any good. It is harm inasmuch as it is worse not to be than to be. " In a virtuous action I properly am ; in a virtuous...can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
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