Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- “Napoleon; or, The Man of the World,” Representative Men, Lecture 6 (1850)

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As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riches will leave us sick; there will be bitterness in our laughter; and our wine will burn our mouth. Only that good profits which we can taste with all doors open, and which serves all men.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“Napoleon; or, The Man of the World,” Representative Men, Lecture 6 (1850)
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- “Napoleon; or, The Man of the World,” Representative Men, Lecture 6 (1850)