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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

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.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unnameable heresy of some wise man.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

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...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

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...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...