Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Cheating Quotes

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

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.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

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...

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

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...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

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...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago...

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