Simplify, simplify.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

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.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

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.

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

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

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