After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking of hands or rubbing of noses, which make one doubt your sincerity, but hearty as well as hard hand-play. It at least exhibits one of the faces of humanity, the former only a mask. - Henry David Thoreau

Famous Quotes / Henry David Thoreau

Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Henry David Thoreau: "After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking of hands or rubbing of noses, which make one doubt your sincerity, but hearty as well as hard hand-play. It at least exhibits one of the faces of humanity, the former only a mask."

Henry David Thoreau's Quotations

Quotations about

Advantages	Battle	Ceremony	Doubt
Drawingroom	Excessive	Exhibits	Faces
Field	Former	Handplay	Hands
Hard	Hearty	Humanity	Least
Make	Mask	Noses	Over
Possesses	Pretension	Room	Rubbing
Shaking	Sincerity	Your

Quotes by Power Quotations