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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.
    ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
    ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Henry David Thoreau In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry Brooks Adams It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.
    ― Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Henry David Thoreau It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name, but is the overwhelming authority and respectability of mankind combined. Men reverence one another, not yet God.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.
    ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Henry David Thoreau It takes two to speak the truth, one to speak, and another to hear.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Let them be your only diet drink and botanical medicines.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
    ― Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau 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.
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry Wheeler Shaw My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
    ― Henry Wheeler Shaw
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Henry Ford Never complain. Never explain.
    ― Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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