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  • When my way is too rough for my feet, or too steep for my strength, I get off it to some smooth velvet path which fancy has scattered over with rosebuds of delights; and, having taken a few turns in it, come back strengthened and refreshed.

    Laurence Sterne (1800). “A sentimental journey through France and Italy: to which are added the letters to Eliza”, p.92