“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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Category: business
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As you simplify your life, the laws
“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: life
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It is only when we forget all
“It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: learning
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Make the most of your regrets; never
“Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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I think that there is nothing, not
“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
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: poetry
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I have a great deal of company
“I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Category: morning
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How does it become a man to
“How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Category: government
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A truly good book teaches me better
“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
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: good
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As for doing good; that is one
“As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Nature and human life are as various
“Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Category: nature
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If one advances confidently in the direction
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: dreams
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