To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it.
Henry David ThoreauSince you are my readers, and I have not been much of a traveler, I will not talk about people a thousand miles off, but come as near home as I can. As the time is short, I will leave out all the flattery, and retain all the criticism.
Henry David ThoreauMost of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive.
Henry David Thoreau