I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is for itsel… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. I wish it to be sound and sweet, and not to need diet and bleeding.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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My life is for itself and not for a spectacle.

I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.

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