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If you're familiar with a principle you don't have to be familiar with all of its applications.
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 student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shirking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure, defrauding himself of the experience which alone can make leisure fruitful.
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It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.
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If I thought that I could speak with discrimination and impartiality of the nations of Christendom, I should praise them, but it tasks me too much. They seem to be the most civil and humane, but I may be mistaken.
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Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
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If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.
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The researcher is more memorable than the researched.
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Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.
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