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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Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

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...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

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

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

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

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

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

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...