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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: The vessel, though her masts be firm,Beneath her copper bears a worm.
         

The vessel, though her masts be firm,Beneath her copper bears a worm.


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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



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The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



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