There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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A written word is the choicest of relics.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land.
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Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
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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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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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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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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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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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