I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

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...

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...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins