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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

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...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

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

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

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

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

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

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Your brand is formed primarily, not by what your company says about itself, but what...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops...