"There is none who does not lie..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.
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“Since all things are good, men fail at last to distinguish which is the bane and which the antidote.”
“Many have believed that Walden reached quite through to the other side of the globe.”
“I think that I love society as much as most, and am ready enough to fasten myself like a bloodsucker for the time to any full-blooded man that comes in my way. I am naturally no hermit, but might possibly sit out the sturdiest frequenter of the bar-room, if my business called me thither.”
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“Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.”
“Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.”
“I don't understand this whole thing about computers and the superhighway. Who wants to be in touch with all of those people?”