It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

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

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

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

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

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

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...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

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

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

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the...

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...

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.