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“The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.”

Henry David Thoreau

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A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.

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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

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