Quote#Wisdom
The mind, after being confined at home for a while, sends the…
Quote byHannah Webster Foster · 1758–1840
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Coquette or, The History of Eliza Wharton (1797), Letter 6.
English (original)
The mind, after being confined at home for a while, sends the imagination abroad in quest of new treasures; and the body may as well accompany it.
— Hannah Webster Foster
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