While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

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...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

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...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.