It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.

—Henry David Thoreau

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About Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance...

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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

—Henry David Thoreau

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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

—Henry David Thoreau

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.

—Henry David Thoreau

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

—Henry David Thoreau

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I went to the store the other day to buy a bolt for our front door, for, as I told the storekeeper, the governor was coming here. "Aye," said he, "and the legislature too." "Then I will take two bolts," said I.

—Henry David Thoreau

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Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

—Robert Browning

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The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the less sorry others will feel for us. People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves.

—Gerald Brenan

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What mother and daughter understand each other, or even have sympathy for each other's lack of understanding?

—Maya Angelou

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Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

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