Henry David Thoreau

Author/Philosopher

Famous author known for inspiring quotes about life, wisdom, and success.

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Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."
Henry David Thoreau
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"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
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"Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without."
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"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
Henry David Thoreau
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"Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without."
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"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."
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"I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better."
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"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man."
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"Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams."
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"The world is but a canvas to the imagination."
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"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."
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"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."
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"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society."
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"Things do not change; we change."
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"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
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