“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Category: best
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: men
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Our truest life is when we are
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: imagination
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Those whom we can love, we can
“Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: love
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They can do without architecture who have
“They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: architecture
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All men are children, and of one
“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
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: men
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Men have a respect for scholarship and
“Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: respect
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It is best to avoid the beginnings
“It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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The Artist is he who detects and
“The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: nature
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The language of friendship is not words
“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: friendship
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There is more of good nature than
“There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: nature
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