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Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.
In literature it is only the wild that attracts us.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Man is but the place where I stand ...
Man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little has been tried.
Men talk about Bible miracles because there is no miracle in their lives. Cease to gnaw that crust. There is ripe fruit over your head.
Man's moral nature is a riddle which only eternity can solve.
With all your science can you tell how it is, and whence it is, that light comes into the soul?
The works of great poets have never been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
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