Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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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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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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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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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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