Quote by Henry David Thoreau Download Open image ““How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it?”” — Henry David Thoreau ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“For a man to be great, he must not dwell on small things, though he may enjoy them.” — Joseph Smith Jr Copy Share Image
“Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of the beautiful and perfect,—that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments: it is… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
“But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well,” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.” — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Fun pretends to be about enjoyment, but is merely about the attempt.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
“The intelligent man makes certain reservations as to the choice of his listeners.” — John Fante Copy Share Image
“There’s a sensual art of asking that can despoil a man of everything he’s got BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO RESPOND TO… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
“To the connoisseur of scenes, nothing is more enjoyable than a thorough, melodramatic, egoistic humility.” — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share
“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… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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