I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUEvery generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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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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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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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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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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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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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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