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Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.
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 chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions.
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We must love our friend so much that she shall be associated with our purest and holiest thoughts alone.
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Wealth can't buy heath, but heath can buy wealth.
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Who looks in the sun will see no light else but also he will see no shadow. Our life revolves unceasingly, but the centre is ever the same, and the wise will regard only the seasons of the soul.
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We have built for this world a family mansion, and the next a family tomb. The best works of art are the expression of man's struggle to free himself from this condition, but the effect of our art is merely to make this low state comfortable and that higher state to be forgotten.
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To the sick the doctors wisely recommend a change of air and scenery.
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From exertion come wisdom and purity from sloth ignorance and sensuality.
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When I consider how, after sunset, the stars come out gradually in troops from behind the hills and woods, I confess that I could not have contrived a more curious and inspiring sight.
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It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.
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Yet, for my part, I was never unusually squeamish I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary.
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The United States have a coffle of four millions of slaves. They are determined to keep them in this condition and Massachusettsis one of the confederated overseers to prevent their escape.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.
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There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography.
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Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence.
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The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but wherever a man fronts a fact.
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Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections.
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Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
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My Friend is that one whom I can associate with my choicest thought.
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