Henry David Thoreau quotes - page 23

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man. (Henry David Thoreau)
Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. View quote
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The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine. View quote
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A man sits as many risks as he runs. View quote
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If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention. View quote
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Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital. View quote
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Man is the artificer of his own happiness. View quote
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Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. View quote
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No humane being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature which holds its life by the same tenure that he does. View quote
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One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the spring come in. View quote
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Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows. (Henry David Thoreau)
The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something. View quote
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Associate reverently, and as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts. View quote
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It is difficult, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise. View quote
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We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor. View quote
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We believe that the possibility of the future far exceeds the accomplishment of the past. We review the past with the common sense, but we anticipate the future with transcendental senses. In our sanest moments we find ourselves naturally expecting or prepared for far greater changes than any which we have experienced within the period of distinct memory, only to be paralleled by experiences which are forgotten. View quote
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... we should be men first, and subjects afterward. View quote
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You know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be told. A look, a gesture, an act, which to everybody else is insignificant tells you more about that one than words can. View quote
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When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. View quote
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Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet. View quote
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What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm. (Henry David Thoreau)
Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid. View quote
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It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains. View quote
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With all your science can you tell how it is, and whence it is, that Light comes into the soul. View quote
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I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. View quote
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