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Mark Twain: If there was...

Mark Twain: If there was...

If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.

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Mark Twain: You perceive I...

Mark Twain: You perceive I...

You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's...

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Thomas Carlyle: Variety is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Variety is the...

Variety is the condition of harmony.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Thomas Carlyle: Thought is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Thought is the...

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Henry David Thoreau: Some circumstantial evidence...

Henry David Thoreau: Some circumstantial evidence...

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.

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Henry David Thoreau: He is the...

Henry David Thoreau: He is the...

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest...

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Henry David Thoreau: I only desire...

Henry David Thoreau: I only desire...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a...

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Henry David Thoreau: Writing may be...

Henry David Thoreau: Writing may be...

Writing may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed.

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Henry David Thoreau: How could youths...

Henry David Thoreau: How could youths...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?

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Henry David Thoreau: The greater part...

Henry David Thoreau: The greater part...

The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is...

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Henry David Thoreau: Every generation laughs...

Henry David Thoreau: Every generation laughs...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

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Henry David Thoreau: The success of...

Henry David Thoreau: The success of...

The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not...

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Henry David Thoreau: To read well,...

Henry David Thoreau: To read well,...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader...

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Henry David Thoreau: Wherever a man...

Henry David Thoreau: Wherever a man...

Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to...

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Henry David Thoreau: Our life is...

Henry David Thoreau: Our life is...

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and...

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Henry David Thoreau: Time is but...

Henry David Thoreau: Time is but...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishin in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how...

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Henry David Thoreau: If the fairest...

Henry David Thoreau: If the fairest...

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men...

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Henry David Thoreau: Heaven is under...

Henry David Thoreau: Heaven is under...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Source: From Journey in Word,...

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Henry David Thoreau: Not until we...

Henry David Thoreau: Not until we...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Source: In The Almanac...

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Henry David Thoreau: We are double-edged...

Henry David Thoreau: We are double-edged...

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our...

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