Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Self Reliance

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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

Wisdom, Self Reliance, Should

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference.

Book, Differences, Self Reliance

Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience”, p.5, Henry David Thoreau

We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking.

Self Reliance, Firsts, Remember

Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.8