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You speak of poverty and dependence. Who are poor and dependent? Who are rich and independent? When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?
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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We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.
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In Homer and Chaucer there is more of the innocence and serenity of youth than in the more modern and moral poets. The Iliad is not Sabbath but morning reading, and men cling to this old song, because they still have moments of unbaptized and uncommitted life, which give them an appetite for more.
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Can there be any greater reproach than an idle learning? Learn to split wood, at least.
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Yet we must try the harder, the less the prospect of success.
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The inhabitants of earth behold commonly but the dark and shadowy under side of heaven's pavement it is only when seen at a favorable angle in the horizon, morning or evening, that some faint streaks of the rich lining of the clouds are revealed.
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There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
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The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?
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