Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

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...

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...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

When the time comes for friends to part, love will be the bride, from heart...

When the time comes for friends to part, love will be the bride, from heart...