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Most luxuries and many comforts are not only unnecessary but positive hindrances to human elevation

Drawn from what Henry David Thoreau said

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: More money, status and achievement do not add up to a better life

What Henry David Thoreau actually said

  1. Henry David Thoreau American philosopher and writer (1817 to 1862)
    Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

    Where this was said

    ↗Walden (1854)gutenberg.org

    c. 1854

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