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As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

~Henry David Thoreau

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Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

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There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.

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Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

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'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

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Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

~Henry David Thoreau

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There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

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Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

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There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

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There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 12th, 1817

Died: May 6th, 1862

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