Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau: The universe is...

Henry David Thoreau: The universe is...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Source: Walden, Conclusion, 1854.
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Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate...

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Henry David Thoreau: The lawyer's truth...

Henry David Thoreau: The lawyer's truth...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

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Henry David Thoreau: All voting is...

Henry David Thoreau: All voting is...

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and...

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Henry David Thoreau: Superfluous wealth can...

Henry David Thoreau: Superfluous wealth can...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the...

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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 purity men...

Henry David Thoreau: The purity men...

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

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Henry David Thoreau: If we were...

Henry David Thoreau: If we were...

If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal...

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Henry David Thoreau: If I knew...

Henry David Thoreau: If I knew...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run...

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Henry David Thoreau: I have lived...

Henry David Thoreau: I have lived...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest...

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Henry David Thoreau: Why level downward...

Henry David Thoreau: Why level downward...

Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense...

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Henry David Thoreau: If you have...

Henry David Thoreau: If you have...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the...

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Henry David Thoreau: The broadest and...

Henry David Thoreau: The broadest and...

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain...

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Henry David Thoreau: If I seem...

Henry David Thoreau: If I seem...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for...

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Henry David Thoreau: There are now-a-days...

Henry David Thoreau: There are now-a-days...

There are now-a-days professors of philosophy but not philosophers.

Source: Walden,...

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Henry David Thoreau: A stereotyped but...

Henry David Thoreau: A stereotyped but...

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of...

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Henry David Thoreau: The sun is...

Henry David Thoreau: The sun is...

The sun is but a morning star.

Source: Walden, Conclusion, 1854.
-- Henry David...

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Henry David Thoreau: The law will...

Henry David Thoreau: The law will...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free.

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Henry David Thoreau: It is an...

Henry David Thoreau: It is an...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their...

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