Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange, extravagant …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange, extravagant and broken the monotony. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
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