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Henry David Thoreau Quotes


"A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book...."

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"A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one..."

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

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"A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs...."

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"After the first blush of sin comes its indifference...."

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"All votin is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight..."

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"Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how..."

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"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend...."

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"Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of..."

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"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be..."

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"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes...."

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"Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and..."

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"Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows...."

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"Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg by the side of..."

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"Enemies publish themselves. They declare war. The friend never declares his..."

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"Experience is in the fingers and head. The hear t is inexperienced...."

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"Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not..."

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"For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself...."

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"Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true..."

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"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've..."

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"Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping...."

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"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads...."

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"I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its..."

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"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he..."

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"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around...."

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"Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and..."

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"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song..."

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"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm..."

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"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves...."

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"Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by..."

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"Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large..."

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"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth...."

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"Say what you have to say, not what you ought...."

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"Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all..."

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"Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in..."

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"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it...."

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"That government is best which governs least...."

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"The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage...."

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"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I..."

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"The heart is forever inexperienced...."

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"The language of friendship is not words but meanings...."

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"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend...."

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"The savage in man is never quite eradicated...."

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"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking..."

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"Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent...."

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"To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle...."

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"To regret deeply is to live afresh...."

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"Truths and roses have thorns about them...."

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"We are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspected...."

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"We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing...."

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"What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free,..."

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