Henry David Thoreau: Homeliness is almost as great a merit in a book as in a house, if the reader would abide there. It is next to beauty, an

Homeliness is almost as great a merit in a book as in a house, if the reader wou — Henry David Thoreau

Homeliness is almost as great a merit in a book as in a house, if the reader would abide there. It is next to beauty, and a very high art.

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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. — Henry David Thoreau
It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. — Henry David Thoreau
The heavens are as deep as our aspirations are high. — Henry David Thoreau
A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpress — Henry David Thoreau
The soul resembles a clear mirror, the body is dust upon it, Our beauty is invis — Rumi
Who but a stupid barbarian could burn so much beauty in his stove and destroy th — Anton Chekhov
La beauté n'est que la promesse du bonheur. — Stendhal
Sin became a luxury, a flower set in her hair, a diamond fastened on her brow. — Émile Zola
In 200 years will people remember us as traitors or heros? That is the question — Benjamin Franklin
All warfare is based on deception. — Sun Tzu
Vita, si scias uti, longa est. Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enou — Seneca the Younger
Il suffit quelquefois d'être grossier pour n'être pas trompé par un habile homme — François de La Rochefoucauld