That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.