Ralph Waldo Emerson's Quote - Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. O

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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