It is never too late to give up our prejudices. — Henry David Thoreau · Skopia

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It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden · 1854

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Prejudice and bias Changing oneself Personal growth

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Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Original citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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