The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.118, Рипол Классик
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The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.118, Рипол Классик

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