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After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
Sin
Henry David Thoreau

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Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.
Behavior
Henry David Thoreau

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Being is the great explainer.
Existence
Henry David Thoreau

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Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love.
Truth
Henry David Thoreau

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Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.
Caution
Henry David Thoreau

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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
Books - Reading
Henry David Thoreau

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But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.
Tools
Henry David Thoreau

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City life is millions of people being lonesome together.
Cities and City Life
Henry David Thoreau

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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Liberty
Henry David Thoreau

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Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg by the side of which more will be laid.
Thoughts and Thinking
Henry David Thoreau

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Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Fame
Henry David Thoreau

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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Conventionality
Henry David Thoreau

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Farmers are respectable and interesting to me in proportion as they are poor.
Farming and Farmers
Henry David Thoreau

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Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
Tenderness
Henry David Thoreau

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How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?
Education
Henry David Thoreau

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I have a deep sympathy with war, it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul.
War
Henry David Thoreau

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I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls.
Company
Henry David Thoreau

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I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.
Silence
Henry David Thoreau

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I say, break the law.
Law and Lawyers
Henry David Thoreau

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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Egotism
Henry David Thoreau

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I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Pride
Henry David Thoreau

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I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Solitude
Henry David Thoreau

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It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
Busyness
Henry David Thoreau

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Let nothing come between you and the light.
Control
Henry David Thoreau

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Men have become the tools of their trade.
Work
Henry David Thoreau

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun