The only person your are destined to become… is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.
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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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