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“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”

Henry David Thoreau · Government

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Henry David Thoreau

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

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Henry David Thoreau

Live the life you've dreamed.

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Henry David Thoreau

Make the most of your regrets never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

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Henry David Thoreau

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

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