Even the best things are not equal to their fame. ✨ Henry David Thorea…

Henry David Thoreau
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Even the best things are not equal to their fame. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2014). Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition), p.83, Jazzybee Verlag
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