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177 Famous Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
7/12/1817 - 5/6/1862
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Henry Thoreau     Thoreau     Thoreau, Henry David
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Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

Dreams Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Expectation Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Foolishness Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Generations Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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All good things are wild, and free.

Goodness Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Government Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Government Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Graduation Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

Imagination Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.

Imagination Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Knowledge Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free.

Law and lawyers Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind

Luxury Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?

Miracles Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Motivation Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but was easily quieted by a naked thief

Pets Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

Purpose Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Quality Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Remedies Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Life's a game, all you have to do, is know how to play it.

Rules Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

Satisfaction Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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Simplicity is the nature of great souls.

Simplicity Quotes, by Henry David Thoreau

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