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Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

Henry David Thoreau

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Henry David Thoreau

Wherever men have lived there is a story to be told, and it depends chiefly on the story-teller or historian whether that is interesting or not.

Henry David Thoreau

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.

Henry David Thoreau

At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.

Henry David Thoreau

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

Henry David Thoreau

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Henry David Thoreau

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.

Henry David Thoreau

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Henry David Thoreau

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Friendship Quote

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

- Muhammad Ali

Happiness Quote

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

- Epictetus

Motivational Quote

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

- William James

Love Quote

Its better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what your not.

- Marilyn Monroe

Funny Quote

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

- Mark Twain

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