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• To be great is to be misunderstood. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Essays", 1841
• A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Friendship...
• Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerso...
• A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
  With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do....
• I hate quotations." -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• I hate quotations. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• Accept your genius and say what you think. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essay
• The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine.
  The simplicity of nature is not that which may be easily read but is inexhaustible....