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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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It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night..."
I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write..."
If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches."
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "The greatest gains and values are farthest from being..."
The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. Henry David Thoreau
The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Books which are books are all that you want, and there are but..."
Books which are books are all that you want, and there are but half a dozen in any thousand. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do..."
Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "It is not all books that are as dull as their readers."
It is not all books that are as dull as their readers. Henry David Thoreau
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his..."
It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate. Henry David Thoreau
O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of..."
Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not..."
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. Henry David Thoreau

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