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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

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 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 are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

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...

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.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

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...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

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...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

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...

I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a...

I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...