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Who Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
- Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than…
- Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
- There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
- The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is…
- None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
- Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
- The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.
- To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.
- A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
- There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
- Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
- The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.
- They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.
- How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?
- Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
- There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I…
- While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it…
- Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high…
More Who Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle