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The leisure of my daily walks has frequently been filled with charming contemplations, which I regret having forgot; but will write down those that occur in future; then, every; time I read them over, I shall forget my misfortunes,
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Interesting to know I am not the only one who believes in the bliss of walking in Solitude.
“so true it is that pleasure does not depend on extravagance, and that joy is as readily purchased by pence as pounds.”
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
“The thoughts of youth,’ he continued, ‘are bright lights that shine forth like the meteors that oft make brilliant the sky, but the wisdom of age is like the fixed stars that shine so unchanged that the sailor may depend upon them to steer his course.”
― The Richest Man In Babylon
― The Richest Man In Babylon
“Happiness has no particular outward sign to discover itself by; we must be able to view the heart before we can be certain who are truly happy; but contentment is to be read in the eyes, the conversation, the accent, the manner, and seems to communicate itself to him that perceives it.”
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
“Self-esteem is the strongest incentive to elevated souls: self-pride, fertile in illusions, often disguises itself, and is mistaken for the former; but when once the fraud is discovered, the danger ceases; for though it is difficult to eradicate it entirely, it may easily be kept in subjection.”
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
“If I had remained free, obscure, and alone placed in the situation Nature designed me for, I should have done nothing but what was right, for my heart bears not the feeds of any mischievous passion. Had I been invisible and powerful as the Almighty, I should have been benevolent and good like him: it is power and freedom that make good men, weakness and slavery never made any but wicked ones.”
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
― The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
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