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Henry David Thoreau: Should not every...

Henry David Thoreau: Should not every...

Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering...

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Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating...

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Henry David Thoreau: A farmer, a...

Henry David Thoreau: A farmer, a...

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is...

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Henry David Thoreau: We are eager...

Henry David Thoreau: We are eager...

We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New; but perchance the...

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Henry David Thoreau: To a philosopher...

Henry David Thoreau: To a philosopher...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit it and read it are old women over their...

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Henry David Thoreau: Dreams are the...

Henry David Thoreau: Dreams are the...

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Henry David Thoreau: Pursue some path,...

Henry David Thoreau: Pursue some path,...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

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Thomas Carlyle: Man's unhappiness, as...

Thomas Carlyle: Man's unhappiness, as...

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all...

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Thomas Carlyle: Music is well...

Thomas Carlyle: Music is well...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so...

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Thomas Carlyle: No iron chain,...

Thomas Carlyle: No iron chain,...

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to...

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Thomas Carlyle: Our main business...

Thomas Carlyle: Our main business...

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at...

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Thomas Carlyle: The everlasting No....

Thomas Carlyle: The everlasting No....

The everlasting No.

Source: Sartor Resartus, Bk ii. Ch. 7, title
-- Thomas...

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Thomas Carlyle: The foul sluggard's...

Thomas Carlyle: The foul sluggard's...

The foul sluggard's comfort: `It will last my time'.

Source: Critical and...

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Mark Twain: Only kings, editors,...

Mark Twain: Only kings, editors,...

Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial we.

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Mark Twain: France has neither...

Mark Twain: France has neither...

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals -- apart from these drawbacks it is a fine...

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Mark Twain: It takes your...

Mark Twain: It takes your...

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other...

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Mark Twain: In the first...

Mark Twain: In the first...

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School Boards.

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Mark Twain: A man can...

Mark Twain: A man can...

A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too...

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Mark Twain: Let us be...

Mark Twain: Let us be...

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us the curse of...

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G K Chesterton: The only words...

G K Chesterton: The only words...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell,...

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