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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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As reported by Quoteinvestigator on January 11, 2011 the quote "was crafted by Henry Stanley Haskins a Wall Street trader with a checkered background. The phrase was misattributed because the true authors name was initially withheld. In addition, the assignment of the maxim to a more prestigious individual, e.g., Emerson or Thoreau made it more attractive and more believable as a nugget of wisdom."

 
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