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In literature it is only the wild that attracts us.
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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Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
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There is a patent office at the seat of government of the universe, whose managers are as much interested in the dispersion of seeds as anybody at Washington can be, and their operations are infinitely more extensive and regular.
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Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather.
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God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone he sees a great deal of company he is legion.
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The poet is he who can write some pure mythology today without the aid of posterity.
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I was awakened at midnight by some heavy, low-flying bird, probably a loon, flapping by close over my head, along the shore. So, turning the other side of my half-clad body to the fire, I sought slumber again.
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We find it difficult to choose our direction because it does not yet exist distinctly in our idea.
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To say that God has given a man many and great talents frequently means that he has brought his heavens down within reach of his hands.
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When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?
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