Famous quotes containing the words independent and/or set:
“It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands. Behind every mans busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity and industry, as within the reef encircling a coral isle there is always an expanse of still water, where the depositions are going on which will finally raise it above the surface.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“I set it down as a fact that if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.”
—Blaise Pascal (16231662)
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