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Ralph Waldo Emerson – yourself

Soul Quote / Boston Massachusetts, Unites States / 1803 – 1882 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Bug in the garden, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark / Print /
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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