Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures read more
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living read more
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much read more
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will read more
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 destroy it.
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It read more
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are the richest.
