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Bottom Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for,…
- I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever, At the bottom of my dream.
- In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in…
- There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
- Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downwards through the mud and slush of opinion and tradition, and pride and prejudice, appearance…
- Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how…
- But I can assure my readers that Walden has a reasonably tight bottom at a not unreasonable, though at an unusual, depth. I fathomed it…
More Bottom Quotes
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster
- There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some… — Alfred Austin
- I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the… — Bryan Adams
- The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
- In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. — Honore de Balzac
- Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of… — Douglas Adams
- My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top.… — Tyra Banks
- Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world. — Bruce Barton