A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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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 went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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