Simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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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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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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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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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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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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