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Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
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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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Henry David Thoreau
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Naturalist, Poet
Born:
July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
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