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Certain Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Ah! I need solitude. I have come forth to this hill at sunset to see the forms of the mountains in the horizon - to…
- He who cuts down woods beyond a certain limit exterminates birds.
- Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.
- Left to herself, nature is always more or less civilized, and delights in a certain refinement; but where the axe has encroached upon the edge…
- At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.
- When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc., stretching or contracting every speaker to certain rules…
- There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
- There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know.…
- If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on…
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