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Essays: First Series Quotes

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essays: First Series Quotes)

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Source:(James Munroe and Co, ed. 1841), Essay XI. Intellect, Page 283
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essays: First Series Quotes)
  • Book: Essays: First Series
  • Writer: Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Genre: Essays
  • Published: 1841
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