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“One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense. Repentance and sorrow can only be displaced by something better, which is as free and original as if they had not been.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Henry David Thoreau
Type
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Context

January 9, 1842

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Thoreau, Henry David. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Henry David Thoreau. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

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