Whatever sentence will bear to be read twice, we may be sure was thought twice.
More Quotes from Henry David Thoreau:
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.Henry David Thoreau
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
Henry David Thoreau
He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior as well as by application. It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws. The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one. Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics that is mixed mathematics. The fact which interests us most is the life of the naturalist. The purest science is still biographical.
Henry David Thoreau
Government is at best but an expedient but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.
Henry David Thoreau
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.
Henry David Thoreau
It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.
Henry David Thoreau
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