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The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?
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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That man is richest who's pleasure are cheapest.
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They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.
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It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
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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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Of a life of luxury the fruit is luxury, whether in agriculture, or commerce, or literature, or art.
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Music is the sound of the universal laws promulgated. It is the only assured tone. There are in it such strains as far surpass anyman's faith in the loftiness of his destiny. Things are to be learned which it will be worth the while to learn.
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