Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; read more
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?
What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
