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Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.
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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Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
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One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.
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I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all my remaining respect for it, and pitied it.
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