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Thoreau Jokes

Thoreau famously said "Simplify, simplify."

It would have been simpler to say it once.

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“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” -Henry David Thoreau

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What do you call a stallion raised by a reclusive author on whole grain wheat? [oc]

A Thoreau-bred thoroughbred fed thorough bread.

How do you get across Walden Pond?

Thoreau, Thoreau, Thoreau your boat.

Why is “Walden” such a good read?

Because the author is very Thoreau.

What do you call a cushion with transcendentalist views?

A Thoreau pillow.

What kind of bedding can you buy at Walden Pond?

Thoreau pillows!

Sometimes I want to leave society, live in the woods, and contemplate existence...

But I know that would be Thoreauing away my life.

Henry David! Why are you taking so long organizing your notes?

I just want to be Thoreau.

I just read an 8,265 word essay on civil disobedience...

And damn if it wasn't Thoreau.

Why did 'Civil Disobedience' take so long to write?

The author was being Thoreau

Confessions Of A Heavy Thinker

It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than a social thinker.

I began to think alone – “to relax,” I told myself – but I knew it wasn’t true. Thinking bacme more and more i...

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