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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

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.

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

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...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

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...

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...