It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI 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.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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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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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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