Quote Author: Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau – ‘We are double-edged blades a…

‘We are double-edged blades and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘All voting is a sort of gami…

‘All voting is a sort of gaming like checkers or backgammon with a slight moral tinge to it a playing with right and wrong.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘I think that we may safely t…

‘I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘Wealth is the ability to ful…

‘Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘In the long run men only hit…

‘In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore though you should fail immediately you had better aim at something high.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘If you would convince a man …

‘If you would convince a man that he does wrong do right. Men will believe what they see.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘The mass never comes up to t…

‘The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘To him whose elastic and vig…

‘To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun the day is a perpetual morning.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘To inherit property is not t…

‘To inherit property is not to be born it is to be still-born rather.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘I had three chairs in my hou…

‘I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude two for friendship three for society.’

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