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“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.”
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“There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”
― Walden
― Walden
“We love eloquence for its own sake, and not for any truth which it may utter, or any heroism it may inspire.”
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
“If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.”
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
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