What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who... Works - Page 12by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
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...you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. How often have we stifled our thoughts and feelings and failed to heed the promptings of our hearts?... | |
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