Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

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

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of...

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...

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.