Laurence Sterne: Crowded towns and busy societies may delight the unthinking and the gay, but solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.

Crowded towns and busy societies may delight the unthinking and the gay, but sol — Laurence Sterne

Crowded towns and busy societies may delight the unthinking and the gay, but solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.

Laurence Sterne

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