For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

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...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

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...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...

I think perhaps Love thrives on chance and unlikely circumstance. Life also thrives on these...

I think perhaps Love thrives on chance and unlikely circumstance. Life also thrives on these...