Henry David Thoreau: For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, though I never r

For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and — Henry David Thoreau

For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, though I never received one cent for it.

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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above moral — Henry David Thoreau
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. — Henry David Thoreau
Whate'er we leave to God , God does And blesses us. — Henry David Thoreau
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Nature's great law, and law of all men's minds?— To its own impulse every creatu — Matthew Arnold
Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change . — Robert Burns
Ivy is of longevity. — Leonardo da Vinci
The seed of the spirit sown beneath this water and clay (the body) Becomes not a — Rumi
Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this — Albert Einstein
Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips ov — Matt Groening in the book
La maternité comporte une suite de poésies douces ou terribles. Pas une heure qu — Honoré de Balzac
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty — Napoleon