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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. - Henry David Thoreau (Walden; or, Life in the Woods Quotes)

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Source:(Ticknor and Fields, ed. 1954), Chapter I. Economy, Page 29
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Henry David Thoreau  (Walden; or, Life in the Woods Quotes)
  • Book: Walden
  • Writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Genre: Classics, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Autobiography
  • Published: 1854
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