To fill the hour,—that is happiness; to fill the hour and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays: Second Series
Wisdom & life
“To fill the hour,—that is happiness; to fill the hour and leave…”
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Work
- Essays: Second Series
- Year
- 1844
- Length
- 20 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #2945
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