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" Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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" The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. "
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" Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? "
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" A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. "
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" Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. "
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" Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.' "
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