Why has my motley diary no jokes? Because it is a soliloquy and every …

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Why has my motley diary no jokes? Because it is a soliloquy and every man is grave alone. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.9, North Atlantic Books
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Why has my motley diary no jokes? Because it is a soliloquy and every man is grave alone. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.9, North Atlantic Books

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