Compensation (Primary source)
Emerson explores the law of compensation, suggesting that every action (cause) has a corresponding reaction (effect), meaning that there is no free lunch, but we get what we give.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson“The years teach much which the days never know.”
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