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Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Lying

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One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

Henry David Thoreau, John C. Broderick, Robert Sattelmeyer (1981). “Journal”, p.145, Princeton University Press

I pray that the life of this spring and summer may ever lie fair in my memory.

Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.117, New York Review of Books

Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.

Henry David Thoreau (1992). “The Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.78, Rowman & Littlefield

What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm.

Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.100, Courier Corporation

Your richest veins don't lie nearest the surface.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1612, Delphi Classics

Seeds, there are seeds enough which need only be stirred in with the soil where they lie, by an inspired voice or pen, to bear fruit of a divine flavor.

Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.8, Yale University Press

There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.

Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.361, Penguin

Our vices always lie in the direction of our virtues, and in their best estate are but plausible imitations of the latter.

Henry David Thoreau (2016). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.222, Xist Publishing