Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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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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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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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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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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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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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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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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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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