We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerso…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). Essays and Lectures, p.298, Library of America
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