The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

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,...

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...

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...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

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.

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

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..

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...

Here's to the people who always have a smile on their face and no matter...

Here's to the people who always have a smile on their face and no matter...

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses