A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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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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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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Wildness is the preservation of the World.
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I love to be alone.
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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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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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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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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