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What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
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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We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.
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Lose the world, get lost in it, and find your soul.
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I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.
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I did not know that we had ever quarreled.
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