Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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All good things are wild and free.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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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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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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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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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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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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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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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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Write while the heat is in you.
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