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2913 quotesA man sits as many risks as he runs.
Risk
Henry David Thoreau
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A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.
Thoughts and Thinking
Henry David Thoreau
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Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.
Money
Henry David Thoreau
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Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve.
Self-knowledge
Henry David Thoreau
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Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
Doubt
Henry David Thoreau
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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
Desire
Henry David Thoreau
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Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
Happiness
Henry David Thoreau
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Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
Purpose
Henry David Thoreau
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Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints.
Saints
Henry David Thoreau
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That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Riches
Henry David Thoreau
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The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
Integrity
Henry David Thoreau
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The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
Achievement
Henry David Thoreau
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The savage in man is never quite eradicated.
War
Henry David Thoreau
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There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.
Virtue
Henry David Thoreau
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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Prison
Henry David Thoreau
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Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Henry David Thoreau
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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
Character
Henry David Thoreau
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Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life.
Sacrifice
Jeremy Thorpe
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Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised.
Arts and Artists
James Thurber
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
Lies and Lying
James Thurber
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Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
Ignorance
John Tillotson
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The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.
Wisdom
Count Leo Tolstoy
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Language
Lily Tomlin
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Many ideas are good for a limited time -- not forever.
Ideas
Robert Townsend
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How much we like ourselves governs our performance.
Performance
Brian Tracy
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun