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Would Be Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would ... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such…
- We should seek to be fellow students with the pupil, and should learn of, as well as with him, if we would be most helpful…
- In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.
- It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live.
- If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would be nothing…
- The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! and such sympathy…
- I saw deep in the eyes of the animals the human soul look out upon me. I saw where it was born deep down under…
- One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.
- If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me…
- If men were to be destroyed and the books they have written were to be transmitted to a new race of creatures, in a new…
- It would be worth the while if in each town there were a committee appointed to see that the beauty of the town received no…
- There would be this advantage in traveling in your own country, even in your own neighborhood, that you would be so thoroughly prepared to understand…
- Every ambitious would-be empire, clarions it abroad that she is conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and it is sacrificing her…
- To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would…
- Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be…
- The gentle rain which waters my beans and keeps me in the house today is not drear and melancholy, but good for me too. Though…
- It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.
- I do not wish to kill nor to be killed, but I can foresee circumstances in which these things would be by me unavoidable.
- I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, thieving and robbery would be unknown. These take place…
- Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and…
- Perhaps we should never procure a new suit, however ragged or dirty the old, until we have so conducted or enterprised or sailed in some…
- It would be well, perhaps, if we were to spend more of our days and nights without any obstruction between us and the celestial bodies,…
More Would Be Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then. — David Attenborough
- I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think… — David Attenborough
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough
- There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication. — Margaret Atwood
- We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for… — Margaret Atwood
- There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me… — Chinua Achebe
- If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around… — Saint Augustine
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius