Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
(A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, 1849)

Henry David Thoreau

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How insufficient is all wisdom without love.

Henry David Thoreau (Journal Entry, 1842)

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Henry David Thoreau (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, 1849)

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Henry David Thoreau (Journal Entry, 1853)

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