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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

American Author

Born: Jul 12, 1817

Died: May 6, 1862

Life Man Men Nature Will You

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau

Success Looking Busy Too Those Who

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. Henry David Thoreau

Nature Anxiety Stated Infinite Repose Leisure Toil Moments

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. Henry David Thoreau

Too Late Never Too Late Too Late Our Give Never It Is Never Too Late Up Prejudices

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. Henry David Thoreau

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. Henry David Thoreau

Sad Regret Live Tend Never Most Sorrow Make Till Smother Cherish Integral Interest Regrets Separate Your Deeply

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. Henry David Thoreau

Disappointment Will Every Enough Find Shall Ready Quiet Compensation

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. Henry David Thoreau

Clothes Say Enterprises Rather New Beware New Clothes Require

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. Henry David Thoreau

Life Environmental Better Will Men Every Trees Alive Destroy Moose Rather He Dead Understands Pine Than Who Creature Preserve

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau

Man Rich Pleasures Cheapest Whose

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. Henry David Thoreau

Today Government Man Become He Towards Without Answer Does How American Behave Disgrace Cannot American Government Associated

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. Henry David Thoreau

Truth You Man Truth Is I Am Bitterness Criticism Sorry Think Severe Some Most Until Him Am Effective Provoke Get Expressed

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate. Henry David Thoreau

Man Fate Determines Himself His Really Thinks

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. Henry David Thoreau

Nature You Man Law Sympathy Both Cannot Deep Appears

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. Henry David Thoreau

Nature Will Our Eye Insect Bear Inspection Lay Take Smallest Leaf Invites She Closest Plain Us View Her Level

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. Henry David Thoreau

Our Finding Always Suspect Suspicion Paid

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. Henry David Thoreau

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. Henry David Thoreau

Desperation Men Lead Mass Quiet Confirmed Lives Resignation

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. Henry David Thoreau

Friendship Solitude Three Society Had House Chairs Two

There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly. Henry David Thoreau

Will Free Power Own State Independent Recognize Higher Individual Never Until Him Accordingly Authority Which Really Derived Enlightened Treats

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