Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be g…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). Essays and Lectures, p.100, Library of America
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