Quote by Henry David Thoreau

I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things, but I know that we are meditating the same old themes that we did when we were ten years old, only we go more gravely about it.

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Summary

This quote by Mark Twain suggests that as people age, they continue to dwell upon the same fundamental thoughts and concerns they had as children, albeit in a more serious manner. Despite the assumption that older individuals contemplate weighty matters, they are essentially just reflecting on the timeless themes that have occupied their minds since childhood, albeit with a greater sense of gravity. Twain's words underscore the notion that our core worries and contemplations tend to persist throughout our lives, even as we grow older and supposedly wiser.

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By Henry David Thoreau

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