
I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when all your arrows are spent. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
