It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

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...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

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.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

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

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

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

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.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.