Maxioms by Henry David Thoreau
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; read more
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.
