American - Author | July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.
Henry David Thoreau
TruthAloneFaceWillMatterWell
The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.
MenManLawFreeWillNever
Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could go in the back way.
WalkYouBackGoWayThrough
Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
ManYoungMoreSeemsBeholdThan
God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.
GodViewTakeLiberalUsReigns
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
MenInterestingClothesQuestionFar
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
NatureManEnvironmentalLawDeep
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
MyselfHumanityMoreSeemBecoming
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
New ThingsYourselfThoughtsFriends
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.
MorningWalkSocietyForgetWould
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
BusinessHimPleasureSuccessfulWho
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
ManSucceedDrummerWhyDifferent
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