The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. ✨…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. ✨ The Conduct of Life Worship (1860)
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It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). Culture, Behavior, Beauty, p.95
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A little praise goes a great ways. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1966). Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1824-1838, p.198, Harvard University Press
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My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1854). Poems, p.407

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