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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
Age: 44 †
Born: 1817
Born: July 12
Died: 1862
Died: May 6
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In winter we lead a more inward life. Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts.
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Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
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Fame itself is but an epitaph as late, as false, as true.
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When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?
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Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
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