Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Birthday: May 25
Death: April 27
He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread
source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.197, Graphic Arts Books
topic: Beauty, Death, Bread, Short Death