Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

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

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

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...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

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...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success...

One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success...