Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

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.

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

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

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

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you...

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that...

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...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

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...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...