“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“The way of fortune, is like the Milken Way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars; not seen asunder, but giving light together.”
― The Essays
― The Essays
“Time and time again one has seen how stories get exaggerated in the telling.”
― The Stone Raft
― The Stone Raft
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