Henry David Thoreau on fool
“Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.”
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Wildness is the preservation of the World.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau
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A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools
Bernard le Bovier de FontenelleBernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Fortune, that favors fools.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don’t claim to know anything with certainty — it’s the believers who know it all.
Barbara SmokerBarbara Smoker The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.
Bayard TaylorBayard Taylor I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free – flowing.
Barry WhiteBarry White He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson I am comfortable playing the fool, I think.
Ben BarnesBen Barnes Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham