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Quotes by Henry David Thoreau


Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
• Henry David Thoreau

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech

• Henry David Thoreau



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