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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. - Henry David Thoreau (The Journal Quotes)

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Source:The Journal (February 3, 1860); The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume XIX, Chapter III, Page 125
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  • Born: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
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