Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish;…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.1118, Delphi Classics
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Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.1118, Delphi Classics

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