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Summer passes into autumn in some unimaginable point of time, like the turning of a leaf.
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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I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,--am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.
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The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest. What force has a multitude? They can only force me who obey a higher law than I.... I do not hear of men being forced to live this way or that by masses of men. What sort of life were that to live?
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The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.
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At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.
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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
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Duty is one and invariable it requires no impossibilities, nor can it ever be disregarded with impunity.
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I have no designs on society, or nature, or God. I am simply what I am, or I begin to be that. I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future. I love to live.
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