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I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
Henry David Thoreau
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"I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business."
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I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. — Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau was a Author from United States (1817–1862).

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This quote is attributed to Henry David Thoreau, a Author from United States.
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Henry David Thoreau lived from 1817 – 1862.