Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours. ✨…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). Basic Selections from Emerson: Essays, Poems & Apothegms
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