I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUBooks are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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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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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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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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