...man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone," he wrote. And, "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, then be crowded on a velvet cushion." As for the railroad that ran by the pond and embodied industrialization:...

...and be happy with my cracker-box palace nestled in the serenity of nature. Quotable Thoreau again: "I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." I couldn't begin to put a price on my freedom to go naked. While some fellow nude enthusiasts blew a...

...and a hundred other oriental things, which we are taking west with us, invented for the ladies of the harem and the effeminate natives of the Celestial...velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart, with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe...

...alone. -Jules Renard Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay. — Josh Billings I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. — Thoreau If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. — Jules Renard It is not good...

...women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match the men." J. REA PATTERSON, Cornell, '02. "I had rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." AF BEULE, Wisconsin, '01. . . ' ' "And when a woman's In the case You know all other things give place."...

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