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“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”

Henry David Thoreau · Men

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Henry David Thoreau

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

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Henry David Thoreau

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

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Henry David Thoreau

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

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Henry David Thoreau

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

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