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- I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden, Economy.
- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, how ever measured or far away.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Resistance to Civil Government"
- I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Resistance to Civil Government"
- I'd rather sit alone on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Be not simply good - be good for something.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- In the long run, you hit only what you aim at: Therefore aim high.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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