Ralph Waldo Emerson: 15 quotes on his birthday

Emerson would be 209 years old on May 25th. Here are 15 of his more memorable aphorisms.

13. The downside

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Emerson's grave in Concord, MA

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
 

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