Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau: The eye may...

Henry David Thoreau: The eye may...

The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.

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Henry David Thoreau: The heart is...

Henry David Thoreau: The heart is...

The heart is forever inexperienced.

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Henry David Thoreau: The smallest seed...

Henry David Thoreau: The smallest seed...

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

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Henry David Thoreau: We perceive and...

Henry David Thoreau: We perceive and...

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

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Henry David Thoreau: In human intercourse...

Henry David Thoreau: In human intercourse...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is a misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not...

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Henry David Thoreau: There are continents...

Henry David Thoreau: There are continents...

There are continents and seas in the moral world, to which every man is an isthmus or inlet, yet unexplored by...

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Henry David Thoreau: The pleasures of...

Henry David Thoreau: The pleasures of...

The pleasures of the intellect are permanent, the pleasures of the heart are transitory.

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Henry David Thoreau: We are always...

Henry David Thoreau: We are always...

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

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Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

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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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Henry David Thoreau: Waves of a...

Henry David Thoreau: Waves of a...

Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy...

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Henry David Thoreau: We do not...

Henry David Thoreau: We do not...

We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry.

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Henry David Thoreau: Where there is...

Henry David Thoreau: Where there is...

Where there is a lull in truth an institution springs up.

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Henry David Thoreau: Disobedience is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Disobedience is the...

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

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Henry David Thoreau: The perception of...

Henry David Thoreau: The perception of...

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

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Henry David Thoreau: For many years...

Henry David Thoreau: For many years...

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I...

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Henry David Thoreau: A man thinks...

Henry David Thoreau: A man thinks...

A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.

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Henry David Thoreau: Aim above morality....

Henry David Thoreau: Aim above morality....

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

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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: Those whom we...

Henry David Thoreau: Those whom we...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

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