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Henry David Thoreau
Age: 44 †
Born: 1817
Born: July 12
Died: 1862
Died: May 6
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Certainly there is not the fight recorded in Concord history, at least, if in the history of America, that will bear a moment's comparison with this, whether for the numbers engaged in it, or for the patriotism and heroism displayed.
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I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
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Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
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It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
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I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.
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In the long run, you hit only what you aim at.
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It is possible to invent a house still more convenient and luxurious than we have...but shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less?
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In Adam's fall We sinned all. In the new Adam's rise, We shall all reach the skies.
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In the wilderness is the salvation of the world.
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Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.
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There is a patent office at the seat of government of the universe, whose managers are as much interested in the dispersion of seeds as anybody at Washington can be, and their operations are infinitely more extensive and regular.
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The gods cannot misunderstand, man cannot explain.
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Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!
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Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.
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I did not go to Boston, for with regard to that place I sympathize with one of my neighbors, an old man, who has not been there since the last war, when he was compelled to go. No, I have a real genius for staying at home.
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Music is the crystallization of sound.
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He who is conversant with the supernal powers will not worship these inferior deities of the wind, waves, tide, and sunshine. Butwe would not disparage the importance of such calculations as we have described. They are truths in physics because they are true in ethics.
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The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body.
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To have made even one person's life a little better, that is to succeed.
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There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.
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