More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
- Essays
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Letters and Social Aims (1876)
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We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
Journal (April 12, 1834)
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.