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
men morality eternity
Man's moral nature is a riddle which only eternity can solve.
men
Man is but the place where I stand ...
lying men reputation
One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.
men looks language
Where shall we look for standard English, but to the words of a standard man?
men judging deeds
I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.
happiness grateful joy
Those undeserved joys which come uncalled and make us more pleased than grateful are they that sing.
house site spots
At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house.
government rats lasts
The oldest, wisest politician grows not more human so, but is merely a gray wharf rat at last.
summer land fire
If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer; but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless.
law agents injustice
If however the law is so promulgated that it of necessity makes you an agent of injustices against another, then I say to you ... break the law.
book hymns forever
Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever.
enough good-enough endeavor
The bad are frequently good enough to let you see how bad they are, but the good as frequently endeavor to get between you and themselves.
may development odd
The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow,-one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness.
men house company
It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.