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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.
         

Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.


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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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