574 ordspråk av Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau föddes den 12 juli 1817 och dog den 6 mei 1862 - US writer
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 A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

 A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.

 A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure.

 A pretty little graceful fellow, too small and delicate to be rapacious.

 A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

 A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it than by the woods and swamps that surround it

 A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

 A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

 Absolutely speaking, do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.

 After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking of hands or rubbing of noses, which make one doubt your sincerity, but hearty as well as hard hand-play. It at least exhibits one of the faces of humanity, the former only a mask.

 After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

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

 All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant

 All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.

 All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear


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