Henry David Thoreau — Philosophical Quotes

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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

Philosophical

“You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake. You must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand-heap. You must have so good an appetite as this, else you will live in vain”

Earth Sweet Cake

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

Philosophical

“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.”

Men Mean Honesty

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Philosophical

“When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?”

Men World

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Philosophical

“My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks.”

Enemy Worms

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Philosophical

“Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?”

Literature Nature Constitution

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Philosophical

“Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.”

Inspirational May Justice

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Philosophical

“Read not the Times, read the Eternities.”

Eternity

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Philosophical

“To inherit property is not to be born - it is to be still-born, rather.”

Born Educational

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Philosophical

“It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws.”

Law Science Discovery

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Philosophical

“Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken by society.”

Men Independent Broken

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“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.”

Dream Wilderness

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“Simplicity is the peak of civilization.”

Civilization Simplicity

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