And the cost of a thing it will be remembered…

And the cost of a thing it will be remembered is the amount of life it requires to be exchanged for it.

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After December 6, 1845

Other Henry David Thoreau Quotes

But now I see I was not plucked for naught,
And after in life’s vase
Of glass set while I might survive,
But by a kind hand brought
Alive
To a strange place. - View Quote Details on But now I see I was not plucked for naught,
And…
Let me suggest a theme for you: to state to yourself precisely and completely what that walk over the mountains amounted to for you, — returning to this essay again and again, until you are satisfied that all that was important in your experience is in it. Give this good reason to yourself for having gone over the mountains, for mankind is ever going over a mountain. Don’t suppose that you can tell it precisely the first dozen times you try, but at ‘em again, especially when, after a sufficient pause, you suspect that you are touching the heart or summit of the matter, reiterate your blows there, and account for the mountain to yourself. Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. - View Quote Details on Let me suggest a theme for you: to state to…
The finest manners in the world are awkwardness and fatuity, when contrasted with a finer intelligence. - View Quote Details on The finest manners in the world are awkwardness and fatuity,…
I hear beyond the range of sound,
I see beyond the range of sight,
New earths and skies and seas around,
And in my day the sun doth pale his light. - View Quote Details on I hear beyond the range of sound,
I see beyond…
Far from New England’s blustering shore,
New England’s worm her hulk shall bore,
And sink her in the Indian seas,
Twine, wine, and hides, and China teas. - View Quote Details on Far from New England’s blustering shore,
New England’s worm her hulk…
She with one breath attunes the spheres,
And also my poor human heart. - View Quote Details on She with one breath attunes the spheres,
And also my…
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. - View Quote Details on Most men would feel insulted, if it were proposed to…
He would have left a Greek accent slanting the wrong way, and righted up a falling man. - View Quote Details on He would have left a Greek accent slanting the wrong…
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - View Quote Details on If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,…
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. - View Quote Details on I never found the companion that was so companionable as…