Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the …

Henry David Thoreau
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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2006). Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles, p.27, Heron Dance Press
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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2006). Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles, p.27, Heron Dance Press

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