There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is no remedy for love but to love more

There is no remedy for love but to love more

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

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...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;...

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;...

They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones...

They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones...