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It is not the part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.

Source:The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume V, Page 236
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Henry David Thoreau (Walking Quotes)
  • Book: Walking
  • Writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1861
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