It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.Henry David Thoreau · Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Read the saying and check its sourcesIt is life near the bone where it is sweetest.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
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- Wikiquote (en) · Walden · Chapters / Chapter 18: Conclusion · estratto «It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.» · Opera identificata: Walden
- Henry David Thoreau · Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience · Riscontro testuale dell’estratto; edizione Gutenberg 205
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