We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are wil…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life, p.418
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We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life, p.418

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