Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUSimplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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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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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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