I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNight is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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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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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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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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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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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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