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«Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
in the least, legislator, resign, subjects
«The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.»
«Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
superfluities, superfluity, superfluous
«Those who work much do not work hard»
«It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.»
«Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
hammer, persuasion, thaw, thawed, Thor
«What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.»
«One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.»
«I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.»
«Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness»
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