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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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Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
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Go confidently ... Live the life that you imagined.
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God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.
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Law never made men a whit more just.
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It is not so important that many should be good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere for that will leaven the whole lump.
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All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. Theyprefer to be misunderstood rather than to come short of its exuberance.
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Some would find fault with the morning, if they ever got up early enough.. The fault find faults even in Paradise.
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The hawk is aerial brother of the wave which he sails over and surveys, those his perfect air-inflated wings answering to the elemental unfledged pinions of the sea.
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A true Friendship is as wise as it is tender. The parties to it yield implicitly to the guidance of their love, and know no otherlaw nor kindness.
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The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.
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One should be always on the trail of one's own deepest nature. For it is the fearless living out of your own essential nature that connects you to the Divine.
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It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.
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As for health, consider yourself well.
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Be as the sailor who keeps the polestar in his eye. By so doing we may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we will maintain a true course.
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