Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

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...

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

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

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...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

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

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

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to...

What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to...

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.