When an acquaintance goes by ...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.
When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.
 Georg C. Lichtenberg

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We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.
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