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
nature appreciate humans
Nature has no human inhabitant who appreciates her.
appreciate virtue
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another s. We see so much only as we possess.
men apples appreciate
From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the civilized man rejects. The former has the palate of an outdoor man. It takes a savage or wild taste to appreciate a wild fruit.
appreciate vastness lost
Not till we are completely lost, or turned round, do we appreciate the vastness and strangeness of Nature.
appreciation class appreciate
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.
appreciation appreciate virtue
The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate.
thinking appreciate solitude
In solitude especialy do we begin to appreciate the advantage of living with someone who can think.
appreciation eye appreciate
The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a moral one.
appreciate pay compliment
A Friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us.
christian jesus appreciate
It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.
appreciate greek tradition
The husbandman is always a better Greek than the scholar is prepared to appreciate, and the old custom still survives, while antiquarians and scholars grow gray in commemorating it.
appreciate done deeds
When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.
love appreciate literature
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
charity appreciated philanthropy
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.