Alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine are weak dilutions. The surest poison is time. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine are weak dilutions. The surest poison is time.

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About Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet.

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Alternative Names: R. W. Emerson • Waldo Emerson
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The surest poison is time.
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