In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.

Henry David Thoreau

Mots clés writing self myself person walden first coat

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I refuse to hold the coats of this generation.

Rebecca McKinsey

Mots clés society approval generation refuse coat

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Accomplish your tasks by one step at each time. Don't cut your coat according to your elder brother's size. Dream big, but start small; do what you can do at a time.

Israelmore Ayivor

Mots clés time dream step food-for-thought brother accomplish achieve 1 big start size small cut do-it coat dream-big big-dreams one-step do-what-you-can israelmore-ayivor you-can a-step eleder-brother one-at-a-time start-small

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