“The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: truth
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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: environmental
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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble
“Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: men
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Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not
“Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: imagination
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Aim above morality. Be not simply good,
“Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: good
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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: good
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That government is best which governs least.
“That government is best which governs least.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: government
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We know but a few men, a
“We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: men
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Men have become the tools of their
“Men have become the tools of their tools.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: men
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Shall I not have intelligence with the
“Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: intelligence
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It takes two to speak the truth:
“It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: truth
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