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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.: Henry David Thoreau
To regret deeply is to live afresh.: Henry David Thoreau
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison.: Henry David Thoreau
We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.: Henry David Thoreau
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We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.: Henry David Thoreau
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?: Henry David Thoreau
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What people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can.: Henry David Thoreau
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.: Henry David Thoreau
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When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should let them hunt, I have answered yes-- remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education-- make them hunters.: Henry David Thoreau
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[Water is] the only drink for a wise man.: Henry David Thoreau
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.: Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.: Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.: Henry David Thoreau, 'Economy,' Walden, 1854
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But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it.: Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.: Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849
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He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.: Henry David Thoreau, Journal, February 11, 1840
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Man is the artificer of his own happiness.: Henry David Thoreau, Journal, January 21, 1838
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.: Henry David Thoreau, Journal, July 25, 1839
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.: Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.: Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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