It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

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

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

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right...

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right...

The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which...

The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which...