Tag: Henry David Thoreau
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The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.
Henry David Thoreau
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau
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In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
Henry David Thoreau
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Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.
Henry David Thoreau
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The savage in man is never quite eradicated.
Henry David Thoreau
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
Henry David Thoreau
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We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.
Henry David Thoreau
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I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.
Henry David Thoreau
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Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
Henry David Thoreau
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Henry David Thoreau