The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Truth Quotes

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

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...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

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.

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.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

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

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