“The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not
realities and creators, but names and customs.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
realities and creators, but names and customs.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
“I know I am august,
I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood,
I see that the elementary laws never apologize,”
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I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood,
I see that the elementary laws never apologize,”
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“Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
“If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles”
― Song of Myself
― Song of Myself
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