Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

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...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

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...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

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

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

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...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

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...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

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...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

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.

In wine there is truth

In wine there is truth

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.