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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Foolishness Quotes, Rules Quotes

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...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

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 appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

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...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

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 give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

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...

Dont be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

Dont be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was...

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was...