Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it.Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read the saying and check its sourcesThought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Wikiquote (en) · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Quotes / Representative Men (1850) · estratto «Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place i» · Shakespeare; or, The Poet
- Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson · Riscontro testuale dell’estratto; edizione Gutenberg 16643
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