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Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

~Henry David Thoreau

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What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

~Henry David Thoreau

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The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

~Henry David Thoreau

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Being is the great explainer.

~Henry David Thoreau

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It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

~Henry David Thoreau

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Simplify, simplify.

~Henry David Thoreau

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To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.

~Henry David Thoreau

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I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

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There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

~Henry David Thoreau

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A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

~Henry David Thoreau

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 12th, 1817

Died: May 6th, 1862

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