Simplify, simplify.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

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.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

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

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

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

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...