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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
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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The squeaking of the pump sounds as necessary as the music of the spheres.
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I never was so rapid in my virtue but my vice kept up with me.
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Unless the human race perspire more than I do, there is no occasion to live by the sweat of their brow. If men cannot get on without money (the smallest amount will suffice), the truest method of earning it is by working as a laborer at one dollar per day. You are least dependent so I speak as an expert, having used several kinds of labor.
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The more you have thought and written on a given theme, the more you can still write. Thought breeds thought. It grows under your hands.
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It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or acknowledge the personality of God. Some Earl of Bridgewater, thinking it better late than never, has provided for it in his will. It is a sad mistake.
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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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