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Perfect Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- You think that I am impoverishing myself withdrawing from men, but in my solitude I have woven for myself a silken web or chrysalis, and,…
- A truly good book is something as natural, and as unexpectedly and unaccountably fair and perfect, as a wild-flower discovered on the prairies of the…
- Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every…
- Art is not tame, and Nature is not wild, in the ordinary sense. A perfect work of man's art would also be wild or natural…
- Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds.
- Men talk of freedom! How many are free to think? Free from fear, from perturbation, from prejudice? Nine hundred and ninety-nine in a thousand are…
- One little bird not larger than a sparrow, it may have been a Phalarope, would alight on the turbulent surface where the breakers were five…
More Perfect Quotes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice? — Billie Joe Armstrong
- We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well… — Neil Armstrong
- If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. — Margaret Atwood
- If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I… — Margaret Atwood
- Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — Saint Augustine
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. — Jane Austen
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- I've always been pro-life from conception to natural death. It's important for the Republican nominee to maintain what we stand for. We… — Michele Bachmann
- We aren't using Guantanamo Bay anymore to take additional terrorists. That was the perfect facility to be able to use to extract… — Michele Bachmann