Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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 houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

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

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

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...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

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

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

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time...

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time...