There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality.

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...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

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

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

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

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

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

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.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit