All Henry David Thoreau Quotes
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David Thoreau
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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
Henry David Thoreau in
Friendship
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Henry David Thoreau
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The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau in
Friendship
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This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
Henry David Thoreau in
Art
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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
Henry David Thoreau
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Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.
Henry David Thoreau in
Nature
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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau in
Imagination
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Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Henry David Thoreau in
Dreams
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau
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It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.
Henry David Thoreau
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That government is best which governs least.
Henry David Thoreau in
Government
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Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
Henry David Thoreau
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