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Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
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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One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow can only be displaced by somewhat better, and which is as free and original as if they had not been.
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From exertion come wisdom and purity from sloth ignorance and sensuality.
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The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets.
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Not secondary to the sun, she gives us his blaze again, Void of its flame, and sheds a softer day... In Heaven queen she is among the spheres She, mistress-like, makes all things to be pure.
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Do not entertain doubts if they are not agreeable to you.
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Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.
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The Great Snow! How cheerful it is to hear of!
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The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?
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I begin to see an object when I cease to understand it.
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On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
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The only free road, the Underground Railroad, is owned and managed by the Vigilant Committee. They have tunneled under the whole breadth of the land.
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A man might well pray that he may not taboo or curse any portion of nature by being buried in it.
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