How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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