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Tradition is a more interrupted and feebler memory.

Henry David Thoreau (1873). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.309

One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

Henry David Thoreau, John C. Broderick, Robert Sattelmeyer (1981). “Journal”, p.145, Princeton University Press

Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.203, Delphi Classics

I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future.

Henry David Thoreau (2016). “The Illustrated Walden: Thoreau Bicentennial Edition”, p.33, Penguin

I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1902, Delphi Classics

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

Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.26, New York Review of Books

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 (1999). “Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education”, p.59, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Henry David Thoreau (2004). “On Reading: From "Walden"”, p.6, Princeton University Press

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Henry David Thoreau (2001). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.182, Courier Corporation

To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.10, Courier Corporation

Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.

Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.331, Penguin

Poetry is the mysticism of mankind.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.77, BookBaby

. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .

Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.125, Cosimo, Inc.

The most primitive places left with us are the swamps, where the spruce still grows shaggy with usnea.

Henry David Thoreau (2014). “The Maine Woods: The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume III (of 20)”, p.87, Trajectory Inc

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Henry David Thoreau, Laura Ross (2009). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods: Bold-faced Ideas for Living a Truly Transcendent Life”, p.373, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.199, Delphi Classics

What is once well done is done forever.

Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.10, Hayes Barton Press