Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.

You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

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You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.

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