Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Speech Quotes

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting...

Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting...