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"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."
"It does not require money to live neat, clean, and dignified."
"Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."
"It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected."
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us."
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."
Explore more quotes by Henry David Thoreau
"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."
"I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things."
"I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness."
"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."
"Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances."
"A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor."
"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end."
"Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that musty old cheese that we are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and at the fireside every night; we live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another."
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