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Henry David Thoreau Quotes
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
Source:
Letter to Harrison Blake (September, 1852); The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume VI, Page 199
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Henry David Thoreau
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Naturalist, Poet
Born:
July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
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