Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDo not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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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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Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.
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I have a room all to myself; it is nature.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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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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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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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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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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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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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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