"The greater part of what my neighbors call……" — Henry David Thoreau

The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in… - Henry David Thoreau

"The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can, old man, - you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind, - I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that."

— Henry David Thoreau

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