Ralph Waldo Emerson: He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.

He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.

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