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The Thoreau Institute
at Walden Woods Library
Thoreau's
Life & Writings
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Henry D. Thoreau Mis-Quotations Pages
"It is not
enough to be busy. The question is: what are we busy about?"
Variant:
“It is not
enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we
busy about?”
Misquoted from Thoreau's
letter to his
friend, H.G.O. Blake, on 16 November 1857: “It is not enough to be
industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”
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