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We inspire friendship in men when we have contracted friendship with the gods.
Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
Age: 44 †
Born: 1817
Born: July 12
Died: 1862
Died: May 6
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My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts which the mind perceived, thoughts which the body thought - with these I deal.
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In sane moments we regard only the facts, the case that is.
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Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.
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We slander the hyena man is the fiercest and cruelest animal.
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Lose the world, get lost in it, and find your soul.
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Do not despair of life. You have no doubt force enough to overcome your obstacles. Think of the fox prowling through wood and field in a winter night for something to satisfy his hunger. Notwithstanding cold and the hounds and traps, his race survives. I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide.
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What is religion? That which is never spoken.
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Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old return to them. Things do not change we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society.
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Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds.
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You speak of poverty and dependence. Who are poor and dependent? Who are rich and independent? When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?
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The books for young people say a great deal about the selection of Friends it is because they really have nothing to say about Friends. They mean associates and confidants merely.
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The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs.
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Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.
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If you would feel the full force of a tempest, take up your residence on the top of Mount Washington, or at the Highland Light, inTruro.
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When any real progress is made, we unlearned and learn anew what we thought we knew before.
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The future is too soon the past. So make perseverance your excellence and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
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