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This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
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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Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds.
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As for doing good that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
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The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.
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A man may grow rich in Turkey even, if he will be in all respects a good subject of the Turkish government.
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Letter-writing too often degenerates into a communicating of facts, and not of truths of other men's deeds and not our thoughts.What are the convulsions of a planet, compared with the emotions of the soul? or the rising of a thousand suns, if that is not enlightened by a ray?
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A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.
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O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.
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But, commonly, men are as much afraid of love as of hate.
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Nature is goodness crystallized.
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We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say the very air they breathe is rich and perfumed, and the sound of their voices falls on the ear like the rustling of leaves or the crackling of the fire. They stand many deep.
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If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.
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