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Quote of Henry David Thoreau - Every creature is better alive than...
Biography - Henry David Thoreau:
American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
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Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
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Quotes about life:
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Quotes about death:
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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