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Things Happen For A Reason Quotes by Henry David Thoreau (1817_1862)
- They have thus dammed all the larger lakes, raising their broad surfaces many feet ... thus turning the forces of nature against herself, that they…
- You boast of spending a tenthpart of your income in charity; maybe you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.
- What if all ponds were shallow? Would it not react on the minds of men? I am thankful that this pond was made deep and…
- If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.The imagination, give it the least license,…
- We bless and curse ourselves.
- Our taste is too delicate and particular. It says nay to the poet's work, but never yea to his hope.
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