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When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?
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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I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.
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I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men. They would have to be passed through a powerful press first, to squeeze their old notions out of them, so that they would not soon get upon their legs again.
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You must ascend a mountain to learn your relation to matter, and so to your own body, for it is at home there, though you are not.
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I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable but my friend is my amiableness personified.
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God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone he sees a great deal of company he is legion.
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Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived.
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No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.
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The Indian navigator naturally distinguishes by a name those parts of a stream where he has encountered quick water and forks, andagain, the lakes and smooth water where he can rest his weary arms, since those are the most interesting and more arable parts to him.
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Carlyle said that how to observe was to look, but I say that it is rather to see, and the more you look the less you will observe.
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It is tranquil people who accomplish much.
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Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventure. Let the noon find you by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier games than may here be played.
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