“No man is hurt but by himself.”

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ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic… -404–-322 BC

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Source: Our Enemy, the State (1935), p. 36
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The Divinity College Address (1838) : full title “An Address Delivered Before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, July 15, 1838”, given at Harvard Divinity School : as contained in The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings, Emerson, ed. David M Robinson, Beacon Press (2004), p. 78 : ISBN 0807077194

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