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Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.

Quotes from Henry David Thoreau

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

—Henry David Thoreau

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

—Henry David Thoreau

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

—Henry David Thoreau

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

—Henry David Thoreau

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

—Henry David Thoreau

A man's ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful — while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless, besides being ugly. Which is the best man to deal with — he who knows nothing about a subject, and, what is extremely rare, knows that he knows nothing, or he who really knows something about it, but thinks that he knows all?

—Henry David Thoreau

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

—Henry David Thoreau

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.

—Henry David Thoreau

It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around.

—Henry David Thoreau

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

—Henry David Thoreau

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

—Henry David Thoreau

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

—Henry David Thoreau

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

—Henry David Thoreau

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

—Henry David Thoreau

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.

—Henry David Thoreau

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