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I love a life whose plot is simple.
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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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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The vessel, though her masts be firm,Beneath her copper bears a worm.
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Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption.
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The condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet.
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Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.
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The stars are distant and unobtrusive, but bright and enduring as our fairest and most memorable experiences.
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My neighbors tell me of their adventures with famous gentlemen and ladies, what notabilities they met at the dinner-table but I am no more interested in such things than in the contents of the Daily Times. The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will.
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Don't spend your time in drilling soldiers, who may turn out hirelings after all, but give to undrilled peasantry a country to fight for.
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It is not worth while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.
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If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations.
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I suppose that the great questions of Fate, Freewill, Foreknowledge Absolute, which used to be discussed at Concord, are still unsettled.
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