A Quote by Henry David Thoreau

The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect.

Henry David Thoreau

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Always Future Hour Poorer Present Prospect Site Than Which

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Henry David Thoreau
American - Author
July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

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