Henry David Thoreau – Page 14

“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Category: men
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To a philosopher all news, as it

Posted on January 15, 2012January 15, 2007 by admin

“To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Category: women
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Ignorance and bungling with love are better

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2006 by admin

“Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Category: love
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Money is not required to buy one

Posted on December 27, 2011December 27, 2006 by admin

“Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Category: money
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When I hear music, I fear no

Posted on December 25, 2011December 25, 2006 by admin

“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Category: fear
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That government is best which governs least.

Posted on December 4, 2011December 4, 2006 by admin

“That government is best which governs least.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Category: best
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We know but a few men, a

Posted on December 3, 2011December 3, 2006 by admin

“We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.”

— Henry David Thoreau

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Category: great
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