They can do without architecture who hav... by Henry David Thoreau | We Heart Quotes

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They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

- Henry David Thoreau

Other quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Government

That government is best which governs least.

- Henry David Thoreau

Friend

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

- Henry David Thoreau

Universe

The universe is wider than our views of it.

- Henry David Thoreau

Nature Nothing

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.

- Henry David Thoreau

Music

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.

- Henry David Thoreau

We are constantly invited to be what we are.

- Henry David Thoreau

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