Cause and effect Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“So use all that is called Fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all, and lose all, as her wheel rolls. But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings, and deal with Cause and Effect, the Chancellors of God.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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