The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.49, Harvard University Press
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