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Compensation quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“A great man is always willing to be little.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation” - 1841

“For every thing you have missed, you have gained something else; and for every thing you gain, you lose something.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation” - 1841

“All love is mathematically just, as much as the two sides of an algebraic equation.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation” - 1841

“Love, and you shall be loved.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation” - 1841

“Every sweet hath its sour; every evil its good.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation” - 1841

“all men feel sometimes the falsehood which they cannot demonstrate. For men are wiser than they know.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation” - 1841

“Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison, a more illustrious abode; every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation” - 1841

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