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The Library is a wilderness of books.
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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Every sunset I witness inspires me with the desire to go to West as distant and as fair as that which the sun goes down. Eastward I go only by force but westward I go free.
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As long as there is satire, the poet is, as it were, particeps criminis.
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Like speaks to like only labor to labor, philosophy to philosophy, criticism to criticism, poetry to poetry. Literature speaks how much still to the past, how little to the future, how much to the East, how little to the West.
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The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.
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Let the beautiful laws prevail. Let us not weary ourselves by resisting them.
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In the long run, you hit only what you aim at.
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If the work is high and far, You must not only aim aright, But draw the bow with all your might.
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