We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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

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

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

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...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

Live the life you've dreamed

Live the life you've dreamed

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...