Ralph Waldo Emerson: 12 quotes on his birthday

To celebrate the life of great American thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson, here are 12 quotes.

8. The one that got away

“In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.”

–Essays: Self-Reliance

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