Quote#Pain
Our condition is like that of the poor wolves: if one of the flock…
Quote byRalph Waldo Emerson · 1803–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Young American (1844).
English (original)
Our condition is like that of the poor wolves: if one of the flock wound himself, or so much as limp, the rest eat him up incontinently. That serene Power interposes the check upon the caprices and officiousness of our wills.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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