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Henry David Thoreau

| Quotations: 252 | Pages: 26

Quotations by Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) | writer and philosopher


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Health
by Henry David Thoreau

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Haste
by Henry David Thoreau

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe ...

Unsorted
by Henry David Thoreau

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Interest
by Henry David Thoreau

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

Books
by Henry David Thoreau

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.

Sin
by Henry David Thoreau

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Morality
by Henry David Thoreau

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Nature
by Henry David Thoreau

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!

Life
by Henry David Thoreau

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one characteristic we must poss ...

Mankind
by Henry David Thoreau

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.


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