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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

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..

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...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

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.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

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...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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

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

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...