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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau

Biography

Author Profession: Author
Nationality: American
Born: July 12, 1817
Died: May 6, 1862

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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Henry David Thoreau

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 which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau

Be not simply good - be good for something.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
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Because, Came, Could, Deliberately, Die, Discover, Essential, Front, Had, Learn, Life, Live, Lived, Only, See, Teach, Went, Wished

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