Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Quotes
Literature“How much of the life of certain men goes to sustainto make respectedthe institutions of society.”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“I see nothing permanent in the society around me, and am not quite committed to any of its ways.”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ 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. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ That man who does not believe that each day contains an earlier, more sacred, and auroral hour than he has yet profaned, has despaired of life, and is pursuing a descending and darkening way. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. ”
Henry David ThoreauQuotes
Literature“ All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be. ”
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