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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Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that...

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...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

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...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

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...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

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...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...