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PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, poet, essayist > Ralph Waldo Emerson
The louder he...
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The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Source: The Conduct of Life, Worship. 1870.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.