Henry David Thoreau Quotes

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.
Henry David Thoreau

Truth, Alone, Give

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau

Rich, Whose, Pleasures

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
Henry David Thoreau

Life, Living, Getting

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.
Henry David Thoreau

Person, Slothful

Being is the great explainer.
Henry David Thoreau

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.
Henry David Thoreau

Moment, Genius, House

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Henry David Thoreau

Men, Far, Question

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
Henry David Thoreau

Men, Succeed, Born

Simplify, simplify.
Henry David Thoreau

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
Henry David Thoreau

Nature, Sky, Carries

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Henry David Thoreau

Finding, Paid, Suspicion

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
Henry David Thoreau

Treat, Nor, Capable

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.
Henry David Thoreau

War, Nature, God

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.
Henry David Thoreau

Rule, Finding, Paid

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.
Henry David Thoreau

Nature, Nothing, Himself

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.
Henry David Thoreau

God, Liberal, View

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
Henry David Thoreau

Humanity, Rather, Seem

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
Henry David Thoreau

Respect, Law, Desirable

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
Henry David Thoreau

Life, Nature, Human

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.
Henry David Thoreau

Truth, Quality, Epitaph

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?
Henry David Thoreau

Live, Trying, Living

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
Henry David Thoreau

Friendship, Society, Two

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
Henry David Thoreau

Best, Evil, Avoid

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Henry David Thoreau

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.
Henry David Thoreau

Nature, Anxiety, Moments

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 12, 1817

Died: May 6, 1862

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