We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

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...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

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

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

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Man knows much more than he understands.

Man knows much more than he understands.

The man is all class - unfortunately third

The man is all class - unfortunately third

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...