Henry David Thoreau ( 10 of 165 )
The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in milk.
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in milk.
When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.
When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
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.
Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.
Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.
Things do not change; we change.
Things do not change; we change.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
