What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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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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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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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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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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Things do not change; we change.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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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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