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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

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

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

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

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,...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

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

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

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

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...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

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.

And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity,...

And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity,...

Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His...

Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His...