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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

«What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.»
«Even the best things are not equal to their fame»
«Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve.»
«In Wildness is the preservation of the world»
«We hate the kindness which we understand.»
«There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.»
«All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear»
«All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant»
«The savage in man is never quite eradicated.»
«He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.»