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Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.
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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It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.
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Do not entertain doubts if they are not agreeable to you.
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Today you may write a chapter on the advantages of traveling, and tomorrow you may write another chapter on the advantages of not traveling.
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Heaven is not one of your fertile Ohio bottoms, you may depend on it.
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The gods are partial to no era, but steadily shines their light in the heavens, while the eye of the beholder is turned to stone.There was but the sun and the eye from the first. The ages have not added a new ray to the one, nor altered a fibre of the other.
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There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness.
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A man of fine perceptions is more truly feminine than a merely sentimental woman.
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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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At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment.
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Go confidently ... Live the life that you imagined.
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The question is whether you can bear freedom. At present the vast majority of men, whether white or black, require the discipline of labor which enslaves them for their own good.
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Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody. We do not wish for Friends to feed and clothe our bodies-neighbors are kind enough for that-but to do the like office to our spirits.
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The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed.
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Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.
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Writing your name can lead to writing sentences. And the next thing you'll be doing is writing paragraphs, and then books. And then you'll be in as much trouble as I am!
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