My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.131, Harvard University Press
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