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Henry David Thoreau: If a thousand...

Henry David Thoreau: If a thousand...

If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it...

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Henry David Thoreau: I fear chiefly...

Henry David Thoreau: I fear chiefly...

I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of...

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Henry David Thoreau: To be a...

Henry David Thoreau: To be a...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to...

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Henry David Thoreau: Our whole life...

Henry David Thoreau: Our whole life...

Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and...

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Henry David Thoreau: Give me the...

Henry David Thoreau: Give me the...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Source: Walden, The Ponds, 1854.
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Henry David Thoreau: True, there are...

Henry David Thoreau: True, there are...

True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of...

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Henry David Thoreau: Truths and roses...

Henry David Thoreau: Truths and roses...

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Source: Walden, 1854.
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Henry David Thoreau: Only the defeated...

Henry David Thoreau: Only the defeated...

Only the defeated and deserters go to war.

Source: Walden, 1854.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Orators are most...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Orators are most...

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: When you have...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: When you have...

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Source: In Webster's...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Great is the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Great is the...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: In the master...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: In the master...

In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Justice consists of...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Justice consists of...

Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.

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Nancy Astor: From the American...

Nancy Astor: From the American...

From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema...

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Thomas Carlyle: It were better...

Thomas Carlyle: It were better...

It were better to perish than to continue schoolmastering.

Source: Remark, quoted...

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Thomas Carlyle: Poetry and Religion...

Thomas Carlyle: Poetry and Religion...

Poetry and Religion (and it is really worth knowing) are `a product of the smaller...

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Thomas Carlyle: No sooner does...

Thomas Carlyle: No sooner does...

No sooner does a great man depart, and leave his character as public property, than a crowd of little men rushes...

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Thomas Carlyle: Science must have...

Thomas Carlyle: Science must have...

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

Source: In...

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Thomas Carlyle: The eternal stars...

Thomas Carlyle: The eternal stars...

The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Henry David Thoreau: Philanthropy is almost...

Henry David Thoreau: Philanthropy is almost...

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

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