The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
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