About Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862
American essayist, poet and naturalist, best known for 'Walden', his account of living simply in a cabin near Walden Pond.
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“All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.”
“My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escurial.”
“In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition.”