While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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.

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

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

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

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

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

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

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

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

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

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

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

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...

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.