No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emer…

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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth, Glen M. Johnson (1994). The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.115, University of Missouri Press
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth, Glen M. Johnson (1994). The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.115, University of Missouri Press

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