Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now. -Henry David Thoreau

 

Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.


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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.

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Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived.

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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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