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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Henry David Thoreau Quotes Click here for Henry David Thoreau books Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind "It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are you busy about?" "What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?” "Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” "The universe is wider than our views of it.” "Men have become the tools of their tools." "Every generation laughs at the old fashions but religiously follows the new." "Any fool can make a rule." "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” "Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes." "In wilderness is the preservation of the world.” "Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste to the sky as well as the earth!" "Never look back unless you are planning to go that way” |
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