Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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All good things are wild and free.
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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.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I 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.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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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.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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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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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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