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Return Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice.
- The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's…
- In my walks, I would fain return to my senses. What business have I in the woods if I am thinking of something out of…
- I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk…
- We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return - sending back our embalmed hearts only…
- A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.
- Spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it, reminds me…
- Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return…
- A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The…
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- Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors,… — Teresa of Avila
- I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't… — Dan Aykroyd
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet
- 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 don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back.… — Drew Barrymore
- Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on… — Gary Bauer
- Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why… — Mortimer Adler