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The Conduct of Life Quotes

Manners require time, as nothing is more vulgar than haste. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Conduct of Life Quotes)

Manners require time, as nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Source:(Ticknor and Fields, ed. 1860), Essay V. Behavior, Page 163
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Conduct of Life Quotes)
  • Book: The Conduct of Life
  • Writer: Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Genre: Essays
  • Published: 1860
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