I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIt takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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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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Renew thyself completely each day.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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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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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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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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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
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