 Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.  Walden - Page 88by Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
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...living is so dear ; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. WAUW.PJ*. as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand ; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail WALDEN, p. 99"Plain living The nation itself... | |
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...in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. ^Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail. In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized... | |
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...or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...hundred or a thousand ; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail. In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized... | |
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