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title: "52 Sometimes Quotes By Henry David Thoreau"
description: "52 Sometimes quotes by Henry David Thoreau. Plus more from Henry David Thoreau and more Sometimes sayings from other authors."
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> ['Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/tis-healthy-to-be-sick-sometimes/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-a-great-pleasure-to-escape-sometimes-from-the-restless-class-of/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Even Nature is observed to have her playful moods or aspects, of which man sometimes seems to be the sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/even-nature-is-observed-to-have-her-playful-moods-or-aspects-of-which/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Yet, for my part, I was never unusually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/yet-for-my-part-i-was-never-unusually-squeamish-i-could-sometimes-eat/)

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> [Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/government-is-at-best-but-an-expedient-but-most-governments-are-2/)

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> [The poet's body even is not fed like other men's, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-poet-s-body-even-is-not-fed-like-other-men-s-but-he-sometimes/)

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> [Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/sometimes-we-are-inclined-to-class-those-who-are-once-and-a-half/)

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> [The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-character-inherent-in-the-american-people-has-done-all-that-has/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [There is reason in the distinction of civil and uncivil. The manners are sometimes so rough a rind that we doubt whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/there-is-reason-in-the-distinction-of-civil-and-uncivil-the-manners/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [The chimney is to some extent an independent structure, standing on the ground, and rising through the house to the heavens; evenafter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-chimney-is-to-some-extent-an-independent-structure-standing-on/)

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> [I love a broad margin to my life. Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-love-a-broad-margin-to-my-life-sometimes-in-a-summer-morning-having/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [I sometimes despair of getting anything quite simple and honest done in this world by the help of men. They would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-sometimes-despair-of-getting-anything-quite-simple-and-honest-done/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Most men appear never to have considered what a house is, and are actually though needlessly poor all their lives because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/most-men-appear-never-to-have-considered-what-a-house-is-and-are-2/)

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> [We need the tonic of the wilderness, to wade sometimes in the marsh where the bitten and the meadow hen lurk, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-need-the-tonic-of-the-wilderness-to-wade-sometimes-in-the-marsh/)

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> [I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-heartily-accept-the-motto-that-government-is-best-which-governs-2/)

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> [Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/government-is-at-best-but-an-expedient-but-most-governments-are/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [I, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust, and when sometimes I have stolen forth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-who-cannot-stay-in-my-chamber-for-a-single-day-without-acquiring/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [The Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-oriental-philosophy-approaches-easily-loftier-themes-than-the/)

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> [I like sometimes to take rank hold on life and spend my day more as the animals do. Perhaps I have owed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-like-sometimes-to-take-rank-hold-on-life-and-spend-my-day-more-as/)

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> [In 1694 a law was passed "that every settler who deserted a town for fear of the Indians should forfeit all his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-1694-a-law-was-passed-that-every-settler-who-deserted-a-town-for/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness. When sometimes I am reminded that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/there-is-an-incessant-influx-of-novelty-into-the-world-and-yet-we-3/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [One little bird not larger than a sparrow, it may have been a Phalarope, would alight on the turbulent surface where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/one-little-bird-not-larger-than-a-sparrow-it-may-have-been-a/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [The next day the Indian told me their name for this light,--artoosoq',--and on my inquiring concerning the will-o'-the-wisp, and the like phenomena,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-next-day-the-indian-told-me-their-name-for-this-light-artoosoq/)

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> [We sometimes meet uncivil men, children of Amazons, who dwell by mountain paths, and are said to be inhospitable to strangers; whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-sometimes-meet-uncivil-men-children-of-amazons-who-dwell-by/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/there-were-times-when-i-could-not-afford-to-sacrifice-the-bloom-of-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Men will tell you sometimes that "money's hard." That shows it was not made to eat, I say… Some of those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/men-will-tell-you-sometimes-that-money-s-hard-that-shows-it-was-not/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Two or three hours' walking will carry me to as strange a country as I expect ever to see. A single farmhouse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/two-or-three-hours-walking-will-carry-me-to-as-strange-a-country-as-i/)

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> [It is only necessary that man should start a fence that Nature should carry it on and complete it. The farmer cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-only-necessary-that-man-should-start-a-fence-that-nature-should/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Carlyle must undoubtedly plead guilty to the charge of mannerism. He not only has his vein, but his peculiar manner of working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/carlyle-must-undoubtedly-plead-guilty-to-the-charge-of-mannerism-he/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/politics-is-the-gizzard-of-society-full-of-grit-and-gravel-and-the/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Sometimes you have to leave the world in order to learn how to live in it. Thoreau shunned society, went to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/sometimes-you-have-to-leave-the-world-in-order-to-learn-how-to-live/)

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> [A man's ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful-while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless, besides being ugly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-man-s-ignorance-sometimes-is-not-only-useful-but-beautiful-while/)

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> [It is possible to invent a house still more convenient and luxurious than we have...but shall we always study to obtain more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-possible-to-invent-a-house-still-more-convenient-and-luxurious/)

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> [“A man’s ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful, while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless beside being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-man-s-ignorance-sometimes-is-not-only-useful-but-beautiful-while-2/)

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> [Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any naturalobject,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/yet-i-experienced-sometimes-that-the-most-sweet-and-tender-the-most/)

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> [The Jesuits were quite balked by those Indians who, being burned at the stake, suggested new modes of tortures to their tormentors.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-jesuits-were-quite-balked-by-those-indians-who-being-burned-at/)

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> [They will tell you tough stories of sharks all over the Cape, which I do not presume to doubt utterly,--how they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/they-will-tell-you-tough-stories-of-sharks-all-over-the-cape-which-i/)

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> [What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot to-day? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-is-the-price-current-of-an-honest-man-and-patriot-to-day-they/)

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> [We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been times when our friends' thoughts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-are-sometimes-made-aware-of-a-kindness-long-passed-and-realize/)

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> [It might be seen by what tenure men held the earth. The smallest stream is mediterranean sea, a smaller ocean creek within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-might-be-seen-by-what-tenure-men-held-the-earth-the-smallest/)

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## 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/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/our-inventions-are-wont-to-be-pretty-toys-which-distract-our/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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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…](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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/in-proportion-as-our-inward-life-fails-we-go-more-constantly-and/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-lumberers-rarely-trouble-themselves-to-put-out-their-fires-such/)

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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…](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/)

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