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Sell your clothes- keep your thoughts.
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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When the first light dawned on the earth, and the birds awoke, and the brave river was heard rippling confidently seaward, and the nimble early rising wind rustled the oak leaves about our tent, all people, having reinforced their bodies and their souls with sleep, and cast aside doubt and fear, were invited to unattempted adventures.
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So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars.
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How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?
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How shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives out of acommon mint.
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When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another.
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