Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreauwas an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth12 July 1817
CountryUnited States of America
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Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
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Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. It's thin current slides away, but eternity remains.
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There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and for mere gluttony.
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In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains.
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I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness.
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There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.
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I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man: wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the hopes of a morningwith a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening with a dish of tea! Ah, how low I fall when I am tempted by them! Even music may be intoxicating. Such apparently slight causes destroyed Greece and Rome, and will destroy England and America.
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I know a good woman who thinks that her son lost his life because he took to drinking water only.
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It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.
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It is not so desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right
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Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
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Man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedent, so little has been tried.
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Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up
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I often visited a particular plant four or five miles distant, half a dozen times within a fortnight, that I might know exactly when it opened.