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Henry David Thoreau: The perception of...

Henry David Thoreau: The perception of...

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Henry David Thoreau: Good poetry seems...

Henry David Thoreau: Good poetry seems...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets....

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Henry David Thoreau: I sat at...

Henry David Thoreau: I sat at...

I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were...

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Henry David Thoreau: I put a...

Henry David Thoreau: I put a...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

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Henry David Thoreau: We are made...

Henry David Thoreau: We are made...

We are made happy when reason can discover no occasion for it. The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than...

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Henry David Thoreau: We are constantly...

Henry David Thoreau: We are constantly...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his...

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Henry David Thoreau: You must not...

Henry David Thoreau: You must not...

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.

Source: Letter, 2 Mar 1842, to...

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Henry David Thoreau: Whether the flower...

Henry David Thoreau: Whether the flower...

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it!...

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Albert Schweitzer: Man can hardly...

Albert Schweitzer: Man can hardly...

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Source: In The...

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G K Chesterton: Angels can fly...

G K Chesterton: Angels can fly...

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

Source: 'Orthodoxy'
-- G K...

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G K Chesterton: But there is...

G K Chesterton: But there is...

But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen
Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal...

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G K Chesterton: The disadvantage of...

G K Chesterton: The disadvantage of...

The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of...

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G K Chesterton: If our caricaturists...

G K Chesterton: If our caricaturists...

If our caricaturists do not hate their enemies, it is not because they are too big to hate them, but because their...

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G K Chesterton: And they that...

G K Chesterton: And they that...

And they that rule in England,
In stately conclave met,
Alas, alas for England
They have no graves as...

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G K Chesterton: If I had...

G K Chesterton: If I had...

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: A good novel...

G K Chesterton: A good novel...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its...

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G K Chesterton: Materialists and madmen...

G K Chesterton: Materialists and madmen...

Materialists and madmen never have doubts.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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G K Chesterton: The prophet and...

G K Chesterton: The prophet and...

The prophet and the quack are alike admired for a generation, and admired for the wrong...

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G K Chesterton: We think for...

G K Chesterton: We think for...

We think for a General to fight an enemy, it is important to know the enemy's numbers, but still more important to...

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