If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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Henry David ThoreauWalden (1854), Conclusion
About Henry David Thoreau
American essayist and naturalist best known for Walden. (1817-1862)
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- If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Walden (1854), Conclusion
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