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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.
         

We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





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... the appreciation of pleasure can be an anchor of one's humanity.



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* if someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows, in all the millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars.



If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.

If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.



I'm very lazy, I hate to work.

I'm very lazy, I hate to work.



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I really wasn't needed... Just straightening up riffs, that's all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.



Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.



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The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.




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