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However much we admire the orator's occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or abovethe fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.
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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I please myself with imagining a State at last which can afford to be just to all men, and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbor.
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There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
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Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.
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A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be Uranus, or it may be in the shutter.
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If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
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Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk.
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There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness.
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In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.
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I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.
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We must heap up a great pile of doing, for a small diameter of being.
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Almost all wild apples are handsome. They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at. The gnarliest will have some redeeming traits even to the eye.
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So far as my experience goes, travelers generally exaggerate the difficulties of the way. Like most evil, the difficulty is imaginary for what's the hurry?
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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Justice is sweet and musical but injustice is harsh and discordant.
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