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Upon Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's…
- One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow…
- One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense.
- It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he…
- I saw deep in the eyes of the animals the human soul look out upon me. I saw where it was born deep down under…
- We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.
- I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever, At the bottom of my dream.
- Left to herself, nature is always more or less civilized, and delights in a certain refinement; but where the axe has encroached upon the edge…
- True kindness is a pure divine affinity, Not founded upon human consanguinity. It is a spirit, not a blood relation, Superior to family and station.
- There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to…
- I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I…
- My life is like a stroll upon the beach.
- The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and…
- One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is to add to the offense.
- We believe that Carlyle has, after all, more readers, and is better known to-day for thisvery originality of style, and that posterity will have reason…
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