"Whoever can discern truth has received his..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
Whoever can discern truth has received his commission from a higher source than the chiefest justice in the world who can discernonly law. He finds himself constituted judge of the judge. Strange that it should be necessary to state such simple truths!
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“To speak or do anything that shall concern mankind, one must speak and act as if well, or from that grain of health which he has left.”
“Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.”
“The Indian...stands free and unconstrained in Nature, is her inhabitant and not her guest, and wears her easily and gracefully. But the civilized man has the habits of the house. His house is a prison.”
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“What can we writers learn from lizards, lift from birds? In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. In hesitation is thought. In delay comes the effort for a style, instead of leaping upon truth which is the only style worth deadfalling or tiger-trapping.”
“One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.”
“"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."”
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“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.”
“Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”
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