"It is an interesting question how far..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
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“I do not know what right I have to so much happiness, but rather hold it in reserve till the time of my desert.”
“The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged to exaggerate it. The actual height and breadth of a mountain or a waterfall are always ridiculously small; they are the imagined only that content us.”
“No method nor discipline can supersede the necessity of being forever on the alert. What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking always at what is to be seen? Will you be a reader, a student merely, or a seer?”
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“Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.”
“Ten percent of people can think, another ten percent of people think that they think, and eighty percent of people would rather die than be made to think.”
“When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person.”