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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1105 |
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AUTHOR:
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Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) |
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QUOTATION:
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If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Walden, chapter 6, conclusion (vol. 2 of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau), p. 170 (1906, reprinted 1968). Originally published in 1854. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Life |
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