Maxioms by Henry David Thoreau
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but read more
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much read more
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.
What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for read more
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
