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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

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The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

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Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

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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 which he hears, however...more

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The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely appli...more

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He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

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Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

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The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard

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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.

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It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.

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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculato...more

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All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

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There is no remedy for love but to love more."- Henry David Thoreau