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...

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.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are...

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

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......

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

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

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