--- title: "8 Down and Quotes By Henry David Thoreau" description: "8 Down and quotes by Henry David Thoreau. Plus more from Henry David Thoreau and more Down and sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_when-the-leaves-fall-the-whole-earth-is_240111.jpg" --- > [When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. I love to wander and muse over them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-the-leaves-fall-the-whole-earth-is-a-cemetery-pleasant-to-walk/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_when-the-leaves-fall-the-whole-earth-is_240111.jpg) > [Strange that so few ever come to the woods to see how the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/strange-that-so-few-ever-come-to-the-woods-to-see-how-the-pine-lives/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/henry-david-thoreau-20_arms_strange-that-so-few-ever-come-to-the-woo_346012.jpg) > [Every day a new picture is painted and framed, held up for half an hour, in such lights as the Great Artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/every-day-a-new-picture-is-painted-and-framed-held-up-for-half-an/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/henry-david-thoreau-20_afterglow_every-day-a-new-picture-is-painted-and-f_1563071.jpg) > [I never yet knew the sun to be knocked down and rolled through a mud-puddle; he comes out honor-bright from behind every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-never-yet-knew-the-sun-to-be-knocked-down-and-rolled-through-a-mud/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/henry-david-thoreau-20_behinds_i-never-yet-knew-the-sun-to-be-knocked-d_1648504.jpg) > [In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-august-the-large-masses-of-berries-which-when-in-flower-had/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/henry-david-thoreau-20_august_in-august-the-large-masses-of-berries-wh_1681188.jpg) > [A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-truly-good-book-attracts-very-little-favor-to-itself-it-is-so-true/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/henry-david-thoreau-20_acting_a-truly-good-book-attracts-very-little-f_2134893.jpg) > [When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. . . . How beautifully they go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-the-leaves-fall-the-whole-earth-is-a-cemetery-pleasant-to-walk-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/henry-david-thoreau-20_body_when-the-leaves-fall-the-whole-earth-is_2204749.jpg) > [Do you know how the naturalist learns all the secrets of the forest, of plants, of birds, of beasts, of reptiles, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/do-you-know-how-the-naturalist-learns-all-the-secrets-of-the-forest/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/henry-david-thoreau-20_animals_do-you-know-how-the-naturalist-learns-al_2822968.jpg) ## Other authors on Down and ## More by Henry David Thoreau > [If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-ever-i-did-a-man-any-goodof-course-it-was-something-exceptional/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/our-inventions-are-wont-to-be-pretty-toys-which-distract-our/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/men-say-they-know-many-things-but-lo-they-have-taken-wings-the-arts/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-am-not-afraid-of-praise-for-i-have-practiced-it-on-myself/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/all-voting-is-a-sort-of-gaming-like-checkers-or-back-gammon-with-a/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/this-spending-of-the-best-part-of-one-s-life-earning-money-in-order/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/as-for-doing-good-that-is-one-of-the-professions-which-is-full/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-traveler-who-looks-at-things-with-an-impartial-eye-may-see-what-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-proportion-as-our-inward-life-fails-we-go-more-constantly-and/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-had-three-chairs-in-my-house-one-for-solitude-two-for-friendship/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-still-youthful-energies-of-the-globe-have-only-to-be-directed-in/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/concord-s-little-arch-does-not-span-all-our-fate-nor-is-what/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The lumberers rarely trouble themselves to put out their fires, such is the dampness of the primitive forest; and this is one cause, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-lumberers-rarely-trouble-themselves-to-put-out-their-fires-such/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [“When he has obtained those things which are necessary to life, there is another alternative than to obtain the superfluities; and that is, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-he-has-obtained-those-things-which-are-necessary-to-life-there/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/wealth-is-measured-by-the-level-of-experience-in-all-aspects-of-life/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/down-and/henry-david-thoreau/#itemlist", "name": "8 Down and Quotes By Henry David Thoreau", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. 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