We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

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

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

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

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...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance,...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...