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Rescue the drowning and tie your shoestrings.
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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There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness. When sometimes I am reminded that the mechanics and shopkeepers stay in their shops not only all the forenoon, but all the afternoon too, sitting with crossed legs, so many of them - as if the legs were made to sit upon, and not to stand or walk upon.
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Most men cry better than they speak. You get more nurture out of them by pinching than addressing them.
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That is mere sentimentality that lies abed by day and thinks itself white, far from the tan and callus of experience.
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