I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

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

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

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

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,...

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...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

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,...

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...