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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quotes

American Author, Writer July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862

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Henry David Thoreau quote: "Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit..."
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Henry David Thoreau
Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Read your fate, see what is before you, and walk on into..."
Read your fate, see what is before you, and walk on into futurity. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "the mission of men there seems to be, like so many busy..."
the mission of men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to drive the forest out of the country. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's..."
be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. Henry David Thoreau
Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars. Henry David Thoreau
Thus the great civilizer sends out its emissaries, sooner or later, to every sandy cape and light-house of the New World which the census-taker visits, and summons the savage there to surrender. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Dreams are the touchstones of our character."
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer..."
You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were..."
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. Henry David Thoreau
Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. Henry David Thoreau
Writing your name can lead to writing sentences. And the next thing you'll be doing is writing paragraphs, and then books. And then you'll be in as much trouble as I am! Henry David Thoreau
We should impart our courage, and not our despair, our health and ease, and not our disease, and take care that this does not spread by contagion ... Henry David Thoreau
Let not to get a living be thy trade, but thy sport. Enjoy the land, but own it not. Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling, and spending their lives like serfs. Henry David Thoreau

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