Best Henry David Thoreau Quotes
- Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed. Character
- We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity… All
- What can be expressed in words can be expressed in life. Expressed
- We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. Cannot Well
- Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself… Allows
- Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with… Accompaniments
- Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds? Abundance
- Methinks my own soul must be a bright invisible green. Bright
- I was determined to know beans. Beans
- Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled. Abhors
- You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might. Aim
- The only wealth is life. Inspirational
- The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward. Almost Without
- Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it. Any
- The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible… Collected
- Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven. Details
- Invariably our best nights were those when it rained. Best
- A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. Gentle
- The sun is but a morning star. Inspirational
- Between whom there is hearty truth there is love.... Hearty
- If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's… Contemplation
- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music… Any
- If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . .… Believe
- Instead of water we got here a draught of beer, a lumberer's drink, which would acclimate and naturalize a man at once,-which would make him… Acclimate
- One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve. Attractive
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