Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

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...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

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...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

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...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

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

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

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

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

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

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

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

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.