Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life, p.353
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Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life, p.353

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