What is once well done is done forever.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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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...

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...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

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...

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

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...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

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.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

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...