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Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

~Henry David Thoreau

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What is once well done is done forever.

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The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

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Men have become the tools of their tools.

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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

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Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

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Live the life you've dreamed.

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 12th, 1817

Died: May 6th, 1862

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