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5 quotes by Henry David Thoreau · clear filters

My saddest and most genuine sorrows are apt to be but transient regrets.

Methinks, if I loved him more, I should keep him--I should keep myself rather--at a more respectful distance.

Having treated my friend ill, I wished to apologize; but, not meeting him, I made an apology to myself.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.