It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.”
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“It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.”
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“Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? 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, ― Henry David Thoreau
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“We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“A gun will give you the body, not the bird”
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“He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.”
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“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“To be awake is to be completely alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.”
― Henry David Thoreau
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“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them. Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and, more than kings or emperors, exert an influence on mankind.”
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Nationality: American |
Born: July 12, 1817 |
Died: May 6, 1862 |
Known For: Author, Poet, Philosopher, Abolitionist, Naturalist, Tax resister, Development critic, Surveyor, and Historian.
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