Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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.
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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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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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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 we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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