| 177 Famous Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
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“What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
World Quotes |
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“Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Worry Quotes |
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“For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and
rain-storms and did my duty faithfully.”
Storms Quotes Source: Walden
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“Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a
trout in the milk.”
Trout Quotes Source: Journal
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“Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.”
Poetry Quotes |
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“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”
Dreams Quotes |
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“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.”
Dreams Quotes |
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“Things do not change; we change.”
Change Quotes |
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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
Literary Quotes |
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“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
Age Quotes |
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“What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.”
Education Quotes |
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“We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.”
Faith Quotes |
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“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”
Love Quotes |
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“Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.”
Morals Quotes |
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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
Music Quotes |
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“If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.”
Names Quotes |
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“All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.”
Perceptions Quotes |
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“Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.”
Sentiment Quotes |
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“He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.”
Ability Quotes |
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“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”
Ability Quotes |
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“A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.”
Amusement Quotes |
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“What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats?”
Cats Quotes |
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“Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.”
Charity Quotes |
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“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
Desperation Quotes |
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“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”
Disappointments Quotes |
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Henry David Thoreau Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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