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There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
Henry David Thoreau
Nation
They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.
Henry David Thoreau
Architecture
Things do not change; we change.
Henry David Thoreau
Change
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
Henry David Thoreau
Imagination
World
Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.
Henry David Thoreau
Love
Hate
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
Henry David Thoreau
Quality
Day
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Henry David Thoreau
Time
To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.
Henry David Thoreau
Women
Gossip
News
Old
Tea
There is no just and serene criticism as yet.
Henry David Thoreau
Criticism
Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.
Henry David Thoreau
Innocence
Neighbors
There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
Henry David Thoreau
Possibility
Being
May
State
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
Henry David Thoreau
Happiness
Life
Value
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Henry David Thoreau
Love
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.
Henry David Thoreau
Nature
Nothing
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
Henry David Thoreau
Life
Living