Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

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...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

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 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...

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

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

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

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects...

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects...

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money...

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money...