He who would make his fellow-creatures happy must cease to be happy himself.
Civil disobedience, Walden
This is likely a misattribution or a misinterpretation of his work. Thoreau generally advocated for individual happiness and self-reliance, not self-sacrifice for the happiness of others in this manner.
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