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

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

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...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

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

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.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

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...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

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...

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