Quote #225
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.
- Deep in the man sits fast his fate To mould his fortunes, mean or great.
- Fear not, then, thou child infirm, There's no god dare wrong a worm.
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- Nor mourn the unalterable Days That Genius goes and Folly stays.
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