Famous Quotes | Every man is not so much a...

Every man is not so much a workman in the world as he is a suggestion of that he should be. Men walk as prophecies of the next age. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attribution: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. “Circles,” Essays, First Series (1841, repr. 1847).

Categories: Essayist, Growth, Philosopher

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