האם Henry David Thoreau באמת אמר «I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.»?

האם Henry David Thoreau באמת אמר «I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.»?

נמצא מילה במילה. כן. הטקסט מופיע ביצירות המיוחסות לHenry David Thoreau. המקור והמיקום למטה.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. When visitors came in larger and unexpected numbers there was but the third chair for them all, but they generally economized the room by standing up. It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. I have had twenty-five or thirty souls, with their bodies, at once under my roof, and yet we often parted without being aware that we had come very near to one another. Many of our houses, both public and p …
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Henry David Thoreau, ¶263 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #205 · מקור

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