We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

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...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my...

I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my...