A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. - from Live Without Principle
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A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors
A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance. Observe how the greatest minds yield in some degree to the superstitions of their age.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors
A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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All good things are wild, and free.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy we reason from our hands to our head.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
Henry David Thoreau #Authors