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Black mug, handle on the right: “To be great is to be misunderstood.” Emerson, MIS—UNDER—STOOD. broken across three lines.
Black mug, handle on the left: “To be great is to be misunderstood.” Emerson, MIS—UNDER—STOOD. broken across three lines.
Black mug, front: the Emerson line printed on both sides.
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To Be Great Is to Be Misunderstood — Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Mug

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Last spring your idea got laughed out of the meeting. This morning your boss presented it as hers.

"To be great is to be misunderstood."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Self-Reliance," Essays: First Series, 1841. We check every line against a primary source.

Just before, Emerson lists who else got misunderstood: Socrates, Galileo, Newton, "and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh."

Coffee. After that, the next thing nobody gets yet.

Read the full story behind this quote: The Man Behind the Man at Walden Pond.

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Black mug, handle on the left: “To be great is to be misunderstood.” Emerson, MIS—UNDER—STOOD. broken across three lines.
To Be Great Is to Be Misunderstood — Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Mug Sale price$27.00