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Henry David Thoreau Quotes
«How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
down, downed, Down in It, Down Under, Down With Me, have-not, sit, sit by, sit down, stand out, stood, take down, The Stand, To Live, up to, vain, write
«What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
World
| Keywords:
fine, planet, tolerable
«There is no remedy for love but to love more.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Love,
Remedies
| Keywords:
remedied, remedy, There is no
«If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Dreams,
Happiness,
Life,
Success
| Keywords:
Advances, by the hour, common, commoner, confidently, direction, dreams, endeavored, endeavors, hours, imagined, in common, meet, To Live, unexpected
«Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Dreams,
Life
| Keywords:
ceased, exist
«Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
disobedience, foundation, liberty, obedient, On Liberty, slaves, slaving, the true
«Simplify, simplify.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
simplified, simplifies, simplify, simplifying