Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

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.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

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

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

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most...

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most...