Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI make myself rich by making my wants few.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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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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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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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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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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