Tag: Henry David Thoreau

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

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The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.

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The cost of a things is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

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The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought , and attended to my answer.

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The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

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The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

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The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

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The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

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