Henry David Thoreau Quotes

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.
Henry David Thoreau

Nor, Cellar, Wines

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.
Henry David Thoreau

Else, Nobody, Omit

Faith never makes a confession.
Henry David Thoreau

Faith, Makes, Confession

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
Henry David Thoreau

Great, Morning, House

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
Henry David Thoreau

Men, Wrong, Convince

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Henry David Thoreau

Tension, Instrument, Strings

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

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.
Henry David Thoreau

Books, Manner, Treated

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.
Henry David Thoreau

Sincere, Greeks, Worshipper

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
Henry David Thoreau

Aspires, Constantly, Elevated

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Henry David Thoreau

Government, True, Place

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Henry David Thoreau

Find, Try, Cannot

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?
Henry David Thoreau

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.
Henry David Thoreau

Found, Solid, Hollow

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.
Henry David Thoreau

Good, Doubt, While

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
Henry David Thoreau

Rather, Clothes, Beware

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?
Henry David Thoreau

Work, End, Humble

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau

Life, Success, Dreams

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.
Henry David Thoreau

Morning, Society, Forget

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
Henry David Thoreau

Nature, Sympathy, Deep

Live the life you've dreamed.
Henry David Thoreau

Life, Live, Dreamed

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
Henry David Thoreau

Life, Work, Live

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
Henry David Thoreau

Night, Less, Novel

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Henry David Thoreau

Business, Successful, Him

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 12, 1817

Died: May 6, 1862

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