Our first mistake is the belief that the circumstance gives the joy wh…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our first mistake is the belief that the circumstance gives the joy which we give to the circumstance. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.166, Harvard University Press
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Our first mistake is the belief that the circumstance gives the joy which we give to the circumstance. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.166, Harvard University Press

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