Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). A Year with Emerson: A Daybook, p.220, David R. Godine Publisher
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Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). A Year with Emerson: A Daybook, p.220, David R. Godine Publisher

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