Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreauwas an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth12 July 1817
CountryUnited States of America
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How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.
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Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could go in the back way.
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There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
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There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.
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There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.
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Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.
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I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.
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There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
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Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
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May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!
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How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?
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If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
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I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.
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The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.