All Henry David Thoreau Quotes
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Henry David Thoreau
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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
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The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
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Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.
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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
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Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
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No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.
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Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
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May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!
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Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.
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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
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It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
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It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
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