Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so. – François VI de la Rochefoucault, Maxims
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I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. – Henry David Thoreau, “Solitude,” Walden, 1854 #infj
Concentrating to within an inch of your life on the pre-flight safety briefing, to compensate for those ignoring it. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse
Shutting yourself in the wardrobe until the window cleaner has finished and left. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. – Wendell Berry, “The Peace of Wild Things”
The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. – Wallace Stevens
Im in total sympathy with Dick Smiths sentiments I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name. – Hugh Mackay
