quote · Words worth keeping
Self-command is the main elegance.
Self-command is the main elegance.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Not established
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The voice behind the words.
Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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