How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

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...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

I think we worry too much about the outcome of events. That we don't stop...

I think we worry too much about the outcome of events. That we don't stop...