More From Henry David Thoreau
- "I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men."
- "As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution."
- "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation."
More In Great
- "I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."― Chief Joseph
- "A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections."― George Eliot
- "People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never."― Ralph Waldo Emerson