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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

Henry David Thoreau
Wisdom, Self Reliance, Should
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference.

Henry David Thoreau
Book, Differences, Self Reliance
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience”, p.5, Henry David Thoreau

We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking.

Henry David Thoreau
Self Reliance, Firsts, Remember
Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.8

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