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A Quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson 2

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"Life contains but two tragedies.  One is to not get your heart's desire, the other is to get it."  - Ralph Waldo Emmerson

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The way I'd interpret this one, the first tragedy is to get your heart's desire and what that tragedy is: to have it but other's are deprived of it.  It's rightfully yours but it isn't any one else's.  The second tragedy to not get what you want is pretty much self-explanatory.

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©12 November 2006 - 11:34pm — bluewave
13 November 2006 - 2:58am — Ruth Lovejoy (not verified)
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I agree with your authors comment on this one