How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might go and meet their ideal cousins.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

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

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

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

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.

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...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.