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Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Henry David Thoreau
Freedom, Stupid, Mind
Henry David Thoreau, Richard Dillman (1987). “Thoreau's comments on the art of writing”

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Henry David Thoreau
Change, Workout, People
Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.5, Courier Corporation

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Literature, Babe
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.123, Delphi Classics

The sun is but a morning star.

Henry David Thoreau
Good Morning, Nature, Stars
Walden ch. 18 (1854)

Every child begins the world again.

Henry David Thoreau
Baby, Children, Wish
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Walden; Or, Life in the Woods”, p.17, Courier Corporation

Good poetry seems so simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Henry David Thoreau
Simple, Men, Poetry
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2097, Delphi Classics

I stand in awe of my body.

Henry David Thoreau
Healing, Body, Awe
Henry David Thoreau (1873). “The Maine Woods”, p.71

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

Henry David Thoreau
Confidence, Tyrants, Anxiety
Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.8, Xist Publishing

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

Henry David Thoreau
Believe, Doubt, Pay
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2130, Delphi Classics

The scenery when it is truly seen reacts on the life of the seer.

Henry David Thoreau
Scenery, Seers
Henry David Thoreau (1993). “A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851”, p.204, Penguin

Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots.

Henry David Thoreau
Bird, Caves, Innocence
Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.22, Xist Publishing

When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prisons.

Henry David Thoreau
Running, Criminals, Prison

In their daily life, all are braver than they know.

Henry David Thoreau
Daily Life, Knows
Henry David Thoreau (1906). “Journal”

We must have infinite faith in each other.

Henry David Thoreau
Infinite
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.77, Courier Corporation

Nature is full of genius, full of divinity.

Henry David Thoreau
Genius, Divinity
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.149, Courier Corporation

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor.

Henry David Thoreau
Life, Nature, Sight
Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.205, Cosimo, Inc.

New earths, new themes expect us.

Henry David Thoreau
Land, Earth, Theme
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.185, Courier Corporation

At least let us have healthy books.

Henry David Thoreau
Book, Healthy
Henry David Thoreau (1873). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.105

It makes no odds where a man goes or stays, if he is only about his business.

Henry David Thoreau
Travel, Integrity, Men
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.197, Jazzybee Verlag

There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.

Henry David Thoreau
Perfection, Masters, Workers
Henry David Thoreau (1937). “The selected works of Thoreau”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

It is darker in the woods, even in common nights, than most suppose.

Henry David Thoreau
Night, Woods, Forests
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Walden; Or, Life in the Woods”, p.110, Courier Corporation

At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment.

Henry David Thoreau
Dance, Travel, Play
Henry David Thoreau (1873). “The Maine Woods”, p.159

Music is the crystallization of sound.

Henry David Thoreau
Sound, Music Is
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2043, Delphi Classics

The only danger in Friendship is that it will end.

Henry David Thoreau
Friendship, Danger, Ends
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.116, Penguin

I look upon England today as an old gentleman who is travelling with a great deal of baggage, trumpery which has accumulated fromlong housekeeping, which he has not the courage to burn.

Henry David Thoreau
Gentleman, Looks, Today
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience: Top American Literary”, p.42, 谷月社

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