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Wealth can't buy heath, but heath can buy wealth.
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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The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?
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