The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit... - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs."

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"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."
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"A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking."
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