"I do not wish to be any..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary.
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“We have used up all our inherited freedom, like the young bird the albumen in the egg. It is not an era of repose. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.”
“My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks.”
“There is all the poetry in the world in a name. It is a poem which the mass of men hear and read. What is poetry in the common sense, but a hearing of such jingling names? I want nothing better than a good word. The name of a thing may easily be more than the thing itself to me.”