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American origin
American originEvery wall is a door
Meaning: What appears to be an impassable barrier can be transformed into an opportunity.
Often credited to: Ralph Waldo Emerson, though these words are not in his collected works
Origin: Attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, though these exact words are not in his collected works. The likely source is a line in his essays on the natural history of the intellect, which says that the man truly conversant with life knows there is a remedy for every wrong, "and that every wall is a gate."
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