To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition. (Charles Cooley)

To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition.

Charles Cooley

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