574 ordspråk av Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau föddes den July 12th 1817 och dog den 6 May 1862 - US writer
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 One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then |
| One must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. |
| One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve. |
| Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him. |
| Only nature has a right to grieve perpetually, for she only is innocent. Soon the ice will melt, and the blackbirds sing along the river which he frequented, as pleasantly as ever. The same everlasting serenity will appear in this face of God, and we will not be sorrowful, if he is not. |
| Only that day dawns to which we are awake. |
| Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. |
| Only the defeated and deserters go to war. |
| Only the traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better. |
| Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures. |
| Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them. |
| Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. |
| Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify. |
| Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints. |
| Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them. |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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