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 done littles
Each reader discovers for himself that, with respect to the simpler features of nature, succeeding poets have done little else than copy his similes.
life done reform
To live a better life,--this surely can be done.
thinking thoughtful done
Only what is thought, said, or done at a certain rare coincidence is good.
anxiety done disease
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what we do; and yet how much is not done by us!
deeds-done transcendentalism good-deeds
As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.
fall self done
I cannot fish without falling a little in self-respect...always when I have done I feel it would have been better if I had not fished.
done charity may
You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.
office wish done
If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, "But what shall I do?" my answer is, "If you really wish to do anything, resign your office." When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.
appreciate done deeds
When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.
men done acorns
As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done.
writing achievement done
If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
money done idle
To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.
american-author fine house planet tolerable
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
man meet pleased wild wish
I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to be encountered like wild caribous and moose.