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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quote: "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs..."

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand.

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