As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied wor — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied wor — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied wor — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied wor — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied wor — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
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As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
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