How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA written word is the choicest of relics.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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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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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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