“No man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him, so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhere made useful to him.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
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