They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

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...

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...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

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...

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.

The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.