I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, t…

Henry David Thoreau
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I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, thieving and robbery would be unknown. These take place only in communities where some have got more than is sufficient while others have not enough. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). The Essential Thoreau, p.104, Simon and Schuster
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I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, thieving and robbery would be unknown. These take place only in communities where some have got more than is sufficient while others have not enough. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). The Essential Thoreau, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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