Who said "I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear."?

This quote is attributed to Henry David Thoreau.

I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear. - Henry David Thoreau

"I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear."

Henry David Thoreau Life

Character in Walden

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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life"

"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!"

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation"

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone"

"Life is meant to be lived with passion."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

"Life's too short for regrets."