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

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

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.

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...

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...

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

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...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

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.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

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...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it...

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it...