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• All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Conduct of Life...
• Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• A person seldom falls sick, but the bystanders are animated with a faint hope that he will die.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Conduct of Life...
• Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Conduct of Life", 1860...
• The only gift is a portion of yourself. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• Make yourself necessary to somebody. EMERSON
• It is not length of life, but depth of life. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, - from The Conduct of Life...
• The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.
  -- Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) _Conduct of Life_ `Worship'...