Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

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...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

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,...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

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...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

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

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

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child