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Henry David Thoreau

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Truth

Henry David Thoreau

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

Good

Henry David Thoreau

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

Family

Henry David Thoreau

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Loneliness