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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

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...

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are......

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...

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.

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

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

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...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

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...

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish...

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.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

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...

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...