All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
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When I would re-create myself, I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most interminable and to the citizen, most dismal, swamp. I enter as a sacred place, a Sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength, the marrow, of Nature.Henry David Thoreau
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
Henry David Thoreau
. Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
Henry David Thoreau
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong he may still properly have other concerns to engage him but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders.
Henry David Thoreau
What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.
Henry David Thoreau
Only the defeated and deserters go to war.
Henry David Thoreau
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