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I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.

Henry David Thoreau
Practice, Wish, Transcendentalism
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.3143, Delphi Classics
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.