Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

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

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

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

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...

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...

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

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

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

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

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...