Ralph Waldo Emerson: The great man loves the conversation or the book that convicts him, not that…
The great man loves the conversation or the book that convicts him, not that which soothes or flatters him.
In today’s wordsA great person loves the conversation or book that challenges him, not the one that soothes or flatters him.
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