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If you give money, spend yourself with it.
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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Of a life of luxury the fruit is luxury, whether in agriculture, or commerce, or literature, or art.
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The perception of beauty is a moral test.
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I feel as if my life had grown more outward when I can express it.
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Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.
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