Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.Henry David Thoreau
I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future.
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Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven.
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The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
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Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
Henry David Thoreau
Simplify, simplify.
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