Famous Quotes | Good-bye to flattery’s fawning...

Good-bye to flattery’s fawning face,
To grandeur, with his wise grimace,
To upstart wealth’s averted eye, - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attribution: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. poet, essayist. Good-bye (l. 7–9). . . Anthology of American Poetry. George Gesner, ed. (1983) Avenel Books.

Categories: Essayist, Partings

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