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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

«Truths and roses have thorns about them.»
«The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.»
«Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?»
«This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.»
«Be not simply good; be good for something.»
«As if you could kill time without injuring eternity»
«Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify.»
«If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.»
«I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion»
«The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.»

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