When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy…

Henry David Thoreau
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When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2016). Walden, p.69, Xist Publishing
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When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2016). Walden, p.69, Xist Publishing

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