The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to d…

Henry David Thoreau
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The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau, p.17, BookBaby
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If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2009). Walden, p.32, Cosimo, Inc.
The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! and such sympathy have they ever with our race, that … ▶
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I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2004). Wal … ▶

The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau, p.17, BookBaby

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