I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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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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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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