There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

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.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

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

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

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...