"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
"We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing."
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Source: Letter to Clara Carrara-Spinelli Maffei, Oct. 1837
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