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The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.
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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This bird sees the white man come and the Indian withdraw, but it withdraws not. Its untamed voice is still heard above the tinkling of the forge... It remains to remind us of aboriginal nature.
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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety.
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The book exists for us, perchance, which will explain our miracles and reveal new ones.
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It is the man determines what is said, not the words.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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All the past is here, present to be tried let it approve itself if it can.
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There has always been the same amount of light in the world. The new and missing stars, the comets and eclipses, do not affect thegeneral illumination, for only our glasses appreciate them.
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When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?
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I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as any way .
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