He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.


Essays: Second Series (ed. 1845)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.