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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Desire

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What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.176, Harvard University Press

A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.284, Penguin

We walk alone in the world. Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.125, Harvard University Press