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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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Hard and steady and engrossing labor with the hands, especially out of doors, is invaluable to the literary man and serves him directly. Nov. 20, 1851 Henry David Thoreau
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What we think of ourselves, this is what determines, or rather indicates, our fate. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave..."
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Henry David Thoreau
Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit. Henry David Thoreau
I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own..."
I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs..."
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore,..."
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not..."
There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Do not engage to find things as you think they are."
Do not engage to find things as you think they are. Henry David Thoreau
In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I think we should be men first and subjects after"
I think we should be men first and subjects after Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from..."
Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight. Henry David Thoreau
I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust. Henry David Thoreau

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