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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Foolishness Quotes, Rules Quotes

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

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...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

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...

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...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

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...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

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...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

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...

Who gossips with you will gossip of you

Who gossips with you will gossip of you

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...