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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

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 think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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

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

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

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...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

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...

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...

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...