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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quotes

American Author, Writer July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862

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Henry David Thoreau quote: "To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle."
To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters..."
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know."
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Faith never makes a confession."
Faith never makes a confession. Henry David Thoreau
Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable. Henry David Thoreau
For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, though I never received one cent for it. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up..."
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun,"
We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun, Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you..."
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "We know but few man, a great many coats and breeches."
We know but few man, a great many coats and breeches. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be:..."
For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once done well is done forever. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor..."
Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly..."
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost..."
Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves. Henry David Thoreau

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