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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. - Henry David Thoreau (The Journal Quotes)

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

Source:The Journal (September 23, 1838); The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume VII, Chapter II, Page 60
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  • Name: Henry David Thoreau
  • Profession: Naturalist, Poet
  • Born: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
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