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We over-estimate the conscience of our friend. his goodness seems better than our goodness, his nature finer, his temptations less. everything that is his,--his name, his form, his dress, books, and instruments,--fancy enhances. our own thought sounds new and larger from his mouth.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We Over-estimate The Conscience Of Our Friend.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
We over-estimate the conscience of our friend. his goodness seems better than our goodness, his nature finer, his temptations less. everything that is his,--his name, his form, his dress, books, and instruments,--fancy enhances. our own thought sounds new and larger from his mouth.
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