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Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862 • American • Author
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Showing 239 quotesIgnorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.— Henry David Thoreau
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Wisdom
Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.— Henry David Thoreau
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.— Henry David Thoreau
I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live and could not spare any more time for that one.— Henry David Thoreau
There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.— Henry David Thoreau
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.— Henry David Thoreau
I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.— Henry David Thoreau
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.— Henry David Thoreau
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.— Henry David Thoreau
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.— Henry David Thoreau
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Intelligence
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.— Henry David Thoreau