October 2011
49 posts
“So, we are told, the New Hollander goes naked with impunity, while the European...”
– Thoreau, from Walden
“Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it,...”
– William Makepeace Thackeray, from Vanity Fair
“What is the nature of the luxury which enervates and destroys nations?”
– Thoreau, from Walden
“What demon possessed me that I behave so well?…I hear an irresistible...”
– Thoreau, from Walden
“This is America. Pick a job, and then become the person that does it.”
– Bobby Barrett, Mad Men
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“What old people say you cannot do you try and find that you can. Old deeds for...”
– Thoreau, from Walden
“Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and...”
– Thoreau, from Walden
“Better if they had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that...”
– Thoreau, from Walden
“I should not talk so much about myself if there were any body else whom I knew...”
– Thoreau, from Walden
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