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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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

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...

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

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...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

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 what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

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

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

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

If he is cheating with you, what makes you think he won't cheat on you...

If he is cheating with you, what makes you think he won't cheat on you...

Every day I work so hard Bringin' home my hard earned pay Try to love...

Every day I work so hard Bringin' home my hard earned pay Try to love...