I hate the present modes of living and getting a living. Farming and shopkeeping and working at a trade or profession are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If we were always, indeed, getting our living, and regulating our lives according to the last and best mode we had learned,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that there is little or nothing to be remembered written on the subject of getting a living: how to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image