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- Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Jan. 3, 1861
- As if there were safety in stupidity alone.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Voting for the right is doing nothing for it.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "An Essay on Civil Disobedience," 1849.
- Men have become the tools of their tools
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Maine Woods," `Chesuncook'
- Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden," the Conclusion
- Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize the infinite extent of our relations.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Water is the only drink for a wise man.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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