Tag: Henry David Thoreau
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I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
Henry David Thoreau
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God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.
Henry David Thoreau
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That government is best which governs least.
Henry David Thoreau
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The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
Henry David Thoreau
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True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
Henry David Thoreau
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It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
Henry David Thoreau
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There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
Henry David Thoreau
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To be admitted to Nature’s hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.
Henry David Thoreau
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To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
Henry David Thoreau
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
Henry David Thoreau