Periods Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

9 Periods quotes by Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau’s contemplative voice turns to the passage of time across these nine succinct quotes. They blend his love of nature with philosophical musings, offering a brief but thoughtful look at how he perceives different epochs.

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As for men, they will hardly fail one anywhere. I had more visitors while I lived in the woods than at any…

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The nonchalance and dolce-far-niente air of nature and society hint at infinite periods in the progress of mankind.

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We go on dating from Cold Fridays and Great Snows; but a little colder Friday, or greater snow would put a period…

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If you indulge in long periods, you must be sure to have a snapper at the end.

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Be as the sailor who keeps the polestar in his eye. By so doing we may not arrive at our port within…

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Whose are the truly labored sentences? From the weak and flimsy periods of the politician and literary man, we are glad to…

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We believe that the possibility of the future far exceeds the accomplishment of the past. We review the past with the common…

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When we consider the weak and nerveless periods of some literary men, who perchance in feet and inches come up to the…

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After all, the practical reason why, when the power is once in the hands of the people, a majority are permitted, and…

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

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I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

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As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…

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A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed.

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In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the…

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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

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The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

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Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.

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The lumberers rarely trouble themselves to put out their fires, such is the dampness of the primitive forest; and this is one cause, no…

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“When he has obtained those things which are necessary to life, there is another alternative than to obtain the superfluities; and that is, to…

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Wealth is measured by the level of experience in all aspects of life

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