A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love for water, but should we not pity him

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Drinking Quotes

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

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.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

Paradise is open to all kinds of hearts.

Paradise is open to all kinds of hearts.

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...