| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32329 |
| QUOTATION: | Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas à Kempis (c. 13801471), German monk, mystic. Attributed in The Imitation of Christ, preface (1617 edition).
The words are inscribed on the picture of Thomas à Kempis at Zwoll, Holland, where he is buried. |
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