Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

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,...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

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...

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...

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

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...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...