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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Imagination Quotes

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

As my friend, even when i tease you, you should already know, my true feelings,...

As my friend, even when i tease you, you should already know, my true feelings,...

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

Love is a tie that binds; matrimony straps them together

Love is a tie that binds; matrimony straps them together