I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

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,...

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

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..

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...