I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
Toasts, celebration & friendship
“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for…”
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Work
- Walden
- Year
- 1854
- Length
- 16 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #205
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And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
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