Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau: One of the...

Henry David Thoreau: One of the...

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.

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Henry David Thoreau: If misery loves...

Henry David Thoreau: If misery loves...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

Source: Journals, 1906, entry...

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Henry David Thoreau: I have been...

Henry David Thoreau: I have been...

I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.

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Henry David Thoreau: Make the most...

Henry David Thoreau: Make the most...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it come to have a separate and...

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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: Live in each...

Henry David Thoreau: Live in each...

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the...

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Henry David Thoreau: He enjoys true...

Henry David Thoreau: He enjoys true...

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

Source: Journals,...

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Henry David Thoreau: Write while the...

Henry David Thoreau: Write while the...

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled...

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Henry David Thoreau: We cannot well...

Henry David Thoreau: We cannot well...

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.

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Henry David Thoreau: Pity the man...

Henry David Thoreau: Pity the man...

Pity the man who has a character to support --it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor...

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Henry David Thoreau: Nature abhors a...

Henry David Thoreau: Nature abhors a...

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be...

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Henry David Thoreau: The pleasure we...

Henry David Thoreau: The pleasure we...

The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.

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Henry David Thoreau: Go confidently in...

Henry David Thoreau: Go confidently in...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.

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Henry David Thoreau: Behave so the...

Henry David Thoreau: Behave so the...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

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Henry David Thoreau: The way by...

Henry David Thoreau: The way by...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

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Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

I have no time to read newspapers. If you chance to live and move and have your being in that thin stratum in which...

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Henry David Thoreau: The knowledge of...

Henry David Thoreau: The knowledge of...

The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for...

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Henry David Thoreau: Any fool can...

Henry David Thoreau: Any fool can...

Any fool can make a rule
And every fool will mind it.


Source: Journals, 1906,...

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Henry David Thoreau: The really efficient...

Henry David Thoreau: The really efficient...

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by...

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Henry David Thoreau: How earthy old...

Henry David Thoreau: How earthy old...

How earthy old people become -- mouldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of...

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