Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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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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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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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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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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I love to be alone.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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