I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDisobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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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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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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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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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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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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