I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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 love to be alone.
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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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The heart is forever inexperienced.
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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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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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All good things are wild and free.
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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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