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We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course. - Thoreau

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth. - Thoreau

Expect no trivial truth from me, unless I am on the witness stand. I will come as near to lying as you can drive a coach and four. -Thoreau

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted. -Thoreau

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. - Thoreau

The only sin in the world is ignorance. - Thoreau

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. - Thoreau

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! - Thoreau

As I love nature, as I love singing birds...I love thee, my friend. - Thoreau

At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment. - Thoreau