It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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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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| Birth: | 25th May, 1803 |
| Death: | 27th April, 1882 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Essayist, Lecturer, Poet |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
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