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Good deeds are no less good because their object is unworthy.
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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The virtues of a superior man are like the wind the virtues of a common man are like the grass the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends.
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For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.
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While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.
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Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
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