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There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers

There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers

Henry David Thoreau
Philosophy, Philosopher, Professors
'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly.

Henry David Thoreau
Success, Scholar, Thinker
Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.26

Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them.

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Thinking, Sat, Shingles
Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.192, Xist Publishing

Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements.

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Water, Pioneers, Improvement
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Thoreau's Book of Quotations”, p.92, Courier Corporation

I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk & leaves

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Education, Teacher, Stalking
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.371, Penguin

I would that I were worthy to be any man's Friend.

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Friendship, Men, Worthy
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.110, Penguin

Nature would not appear so rich, the profusion so rich, if we knew a use for everything.

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Nature, Use, Rich
Henry David Thoreau, John C. Broderick, Robert Sattelmeyer, Sandra Harbert Petrulionis (1981). “Journal”, p.297, Princeton University Press

In a pleasant spring morning all men's sins are forgiven.

Henry David Thoreau
Morning, Spring, Men
Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.223, Xist Publishing

Shall a man not have his spring as well as the plants?

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Spring, Men, Plant

If we dealt only with the false and dishonest, we should at last forget how to speak truth.

Henry David Thoreau
Truth, Lasts, Speak
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.205, Delphi Classics

The stars are the apexes of what triangles!

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Stars, Triangles, Fame
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.33, Courier Corporation

A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.

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Men, Thinking, Brain
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.212, Courier Corporation

It requires nothing less than a chivalric feeling to sustain a conversation with a lady.

Henry David Thoreau
Women, Feelings, Conversation
Henry David Thoreau, David Gross (2007). “The Price of Freedom: Political Philosophy from Thoreau's Journals”, p.75, David M Gross

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, House, Company
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever.

Henry David Thoreau
Book, Hymns, Forever
Henry David Thoreau (2004). “Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic”, p.75, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Man's moral nature is a riddle which only eternity can solve.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Morality, Eternity
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2126, Delphi Classics

The works of great poets have never been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them.

Henry David Thoreau
Poetry, Poet, Mankind

Color, which is the poet's wealth, is so expensive that most take to mere outline sketches and become men of science.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Color, Wealth
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.80, Courier Corporation

All the past is here, present to be tried; let it approve itself if it can.

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Past, Ifs
Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.9, New York Review of Books

Scholars are wont to sell their birthright for a mess of learning.

Henry David Thoreau
Scholarship, Mess, Birthright
Henry David Thoreau (1873). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.103

I never was so rapid in my virtue but my vice kept up with me.

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Vices, Virtue, Rapids
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.22, Courier Corporation

Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.

Henry David Thoreau
Force
Henry David Thoreau (1992). “The Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.125, Rowman & Littlefield

We inspire friendship in men when we have contracted friendship with the gods.

Henry David Thoreau
Friendship, Men, Inspire
Henry David Thoreau (2008). “Walden, Civil Disobedience, and Other Writings: Authoritative Texts, Journal, Reviews and Posthumous Assessments, Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

If we see nature as pausing, immediately all mortifies and decays; but seen as progressing, she is beautiful.

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Beautiful, Nature, Progress
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2120, Delphi Classics

Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

Henry David Thoreau
Truth, I Am Sorry, Bitterness
Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.74, Heron Dance Press

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