Henry David Thoreau Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

Henry David Thoreau quotes and sayings page 11 (deceased author born on Jul 12, 1817). Here's quote # 101 through 110 out of the 125 we have for him.

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”

“I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.”

“Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.”

“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.”

“The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.”

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.”

“There is no just and serene criticism as yet.”

“Faith never makes a confession.”

“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.”

“The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.”