“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson · Friendship quote

The only way to have a friend is to be one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson quote card
Essayist and philosopher · 1803 – 1882

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist and philosopher who led the Transcendentalist movement, arguing for self-reliance, intuition and the spiritual presence in nature. His essays 'Nature' and 'Self-Reliance' shaped American thought, and he mentored both Thoreau and Whitman.

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