Tag: Henry David Thoreau
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The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.
Henry David Thoreau
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There is no just and serene criticism as yet.
Henry David Thoreau
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It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
Henry David Thoreau
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As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
Henry David Thoreau
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If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
Henry David Thoreau
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We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.
Henry David Thoreau
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There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
Henry David Thoreau
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I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
Henry David Thoreau
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The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Henry David Thoreau
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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Henry David Thoreau