"Aim above morality. Be not…" — Henry David Thoreau

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Visez au-dessus de la moralité. Ne soyez pas simplement bon; soyez bon à quelque chose

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“The question is not what you look at, but what you see ”

Henry David Thoreau

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see”

“Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something ”

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

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