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It tends to isolate them from each other, to concentrate every man's attention upon himself; and it lays open the soul to an inordinate love of material gratification.
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you would wonder at seeing how possible it is to live as secludedly in the midst of a multitude as in the centre of solitude
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depend upon it, you will love your native hills the better for being separated from them
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Deep-rooted Customs, though wrong, are not easily altered; but it is the Duty of every one to be firm in that which they certainly know is right for them.
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While I silently ponder on that Change wrought in me, I find no Language equal to it, nor any Means to convey to another a clear Idea of it.
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Marriage is terrifying, but so is a cold and forlorn old age.
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Even in the same family the gap is not so great; the wound closes up sooner than we should expect.
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Old companions are like meats served up too often, that lose their relish and their wholesomeness.
William Hazlittverified·On Living to One's-Self, in Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners·January 1821