HENRY
DAVID THOREAU
12 Jul 1817 - 6 May 1862
American
author, transcendentalist, and philosopher, famous for his
philosophical works Walden and Civil Disobedience.
Walden was also an avid naturalist who made extensive, detailed
observations of his surrounding environments.
Thoreau embarked on a two year experiment in simple living
in the summer of 1845, when he moved into a tiny, self-made
house on the edge of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He later
wrote Walden, which recounted his time at the pond
and became an American classic.
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QUOTES
BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much
life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for
something."
[Morality]
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"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
[Life, Vanity, Writing] | [1.23] | from Journal, August 19, 1851 |
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