Famous Quotes / Henry David Thoreau
470 Quotations by Henry David Thoreau
- 1. [Water is] the only drink for a wise man.
- 2. [Water is] the only drink for a wise man.
- 3. A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less i ...
- 4. A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who ...
- 5. A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
- 6. A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
- 7. A man sits as many risks as he runs.
- 8. A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as his brain.
- 9. A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is ...
- 10. A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my n ...
- 11. A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and f ...
- 12. A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.
- 13. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusemen ...
- 14. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power ...
- 15. Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golde ...
- 16. After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no ...
- 17. After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
- 18. Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so m ...
- 19. All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.
- 20. All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.