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It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it
By Henry David Thoreau
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves
By Henry David Thoreau
It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one's being alone. It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.
By Henry David Thoreau
It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.
By Henry David Thoreau
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
By Henry David Thoreau
Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
By Henry David Thoreau
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions know that you are alone in the world.
By Henry David Thoreau
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.
By Henry David Thoreau
In the long run you only hit what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.
By Henry David Thoreau
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.
By Henry David Thoreau