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Essays: First Series Quotes
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Source:
(James Munroe and Co, ed. 1841), Essay II. Self-Reliance, Page 47
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Who’s the man that says that we’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding?
Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.
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Book:
Essays: First Series
Writer:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genre:
Essays
Published:
1841
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