Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but read more
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
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.
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
The highest law gives a thing to him who can use 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?
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.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
