Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

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...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

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...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

They take their pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in...

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.

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....

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is...

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...