Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.

I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

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I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.

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