As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

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.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

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

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

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

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...

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...

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.