Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

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

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

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...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

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...

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

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...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...