What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUPublic opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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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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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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I love to be alone.
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All good things are wild and free.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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