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Afford Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Man cannot afford to be a naturalist, to look at Nature directly, but only with the side of his eye. He must look through and…
- The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever!
- The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! and such sympathy…
- Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and…
- True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
- A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
- The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets.
- Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and…
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- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
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- A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James A. Baldwin
- Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very… — George Matthew Adams
- I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we… — Dave Barry
- Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream America, two… — Joe Barton
- Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. — William Beveridge
- No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation. — Theodore Bikel
- I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can… — Bono
- In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful… — Christian Nestell Bovee