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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.
         

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.


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