The heart is forever inexperienced.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDo not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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I love to be alone.
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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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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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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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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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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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What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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