Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Distrust Quotes, Trust Quotes

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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

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

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

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

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