All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

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.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

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...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

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...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.