How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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