Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

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

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

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

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...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

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.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

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

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

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

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

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...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

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

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

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?