"A traveler who looks at things with..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.
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“To be right is more honorable than to be law abiding.”
“For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.”
More on Observation
“A woman can have a smile, and a woman can have a large backside, but I have been to the mountain and I am here to tell you that when a woman has both of those things she is not to be trusted.”
“I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.”
“If a writer stops observing, he is finished.”