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Necessary Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite…
- If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf…
- It is only necessary that man should start a fence that Nature should carry it on and complete it. The farmer cannot plow quite up…
- If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth
- 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…
- If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth--certainly…
- I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in…
- It is only necessary to behold the least fact or phenomenon, however familiar, from a point a hair's breadth aside from our habitual path or…
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- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? — James M. Barrie
- It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire