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One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.
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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Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.
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