There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The heart is forever inexperienced.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

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.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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,...

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...

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

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...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

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...

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...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...