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It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
Henry David Thoreau
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Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
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In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
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If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
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If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
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I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
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I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.
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I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
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I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
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How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?
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