He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bre…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.197, Graphic Arts Books
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He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.197, Graphic Arts Books

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