Ardor Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant.” quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Download Open image

“A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant.”

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