[Image] "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emersonscreenlicker t1_ivyrdb4 wrote
Reply to comment by Nykine in [Image] "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson by Butterflies_Books
Damn, this is good. Thanks for posting. What is it from?
SirDonAffair t1_ivzho1c wrote
It's a fake made up quote attributed to Emerson. It's some hallmark shit.
screenlicker t1_ivznzoq wrote
I did some research. I believe this is the original: https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2394
By Bessie Anderson Stanley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Anderson_Stanley
mpwalters t1_iw006iw wrote
Here's more detail on how Stanley and Emerson appear to have merged in this poem: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/06/26/define-success/?amp=1
I've stopped trusting any quotes and aphorisms. :)
Nykine t1_iw14qku wrote
never knew about this. Thanks for sharing!
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