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"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
Henry David ThoreauWhile there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we do not teac — Henry David Thoreau
"While there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we do not teach one another the lessons of honesty and sincerity that the brutes do, or of steadiness and solidity that the rocks do. The fault is commonly mutual, however; for we do not habitually demand any more of each other."
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
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