Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

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...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

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...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view.

A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

I don't know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in...

I don't know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in...