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The poet is a man who lives at last by watching his moods. An old poet comes at last to watch his moods as narrowly as a cat does a mouse.
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 knew that the wall was the main thing in Quebec, and had cost a great deal of money.... In fact, these are the only remarkable walls we have in North America, though we have a good deal of Virginia fence, it is true.
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I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.
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