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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quotes about wisdom

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

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To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and..."
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. Henry David Thoreau
The heroic books, even if printed in the character of our mother tongue, will always be in a language dead to degenerate times; and we must laboriously seek the meaning of each word and line, conjecturing a larger sense than common use permits out of what wisdom and valor and generosity we have. Henry David Thoreau
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some..."
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau
I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."
But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau

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