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Best Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. She exists for no other end. Do not resist. With the least inclination to…
- Morning glory is the best name, it always refreshes me to see it.
- Invariably our best nights were those when it rained.
- 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…
- I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week, unless it were one or two I could…
- Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain from…
- I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say…
- We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. What we do best or most…
- That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they…
- Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against…
- Is it the lumberman, then, who is the friend and lover of the pine, stands nearest to it, and understands its nature best? Is it…
- The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.
- I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and…
- The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There is in this…
- We have built for this world a family mansion, and the next a family tomb. The best works of art are the expression of man's…
- As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos…
- Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, nature is but another name for health.
- A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I must…
- It is remarkable, but on the whole, perhaps, not to be lamented, that the world is so unkind to a new book. Any distinguished traveler…
- Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.
- The best poets, after all, exhibit only a tame and civil side of nature. They have not seen the west side of any mountain.
- Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
- That government is best which governs least.
- Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
- The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least… — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle