Tag: Henry David Thoreau
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‘Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.
Henry David Thoreau
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David Thoreau
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Things do not change; we change.
Henry David Thoreau
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Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!
Henry David Thoreau
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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
Henry David Thoreau
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All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
Henry David Thoreau
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Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.
Henry David Thoreau
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
Henry David Thoreau
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Henry David Thoreau
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Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
Henry David Thoreau