What did Henry David Thoreau mean by: Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA Copy
A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Culture, Identity, Knowledge, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
The poet uses the results of science and philosophy, and generalizes their widest deductions. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Generalization, Philosophy, Science, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Disposition, Economy, Levity, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
+ All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Author, November 14, 2022December 25, 2024, Henry David Thoreau, Evolution, Heresy, Wisdom, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
Time is like a handful of sand – the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Ephemeral, Time, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
What is sour in the house a bracing walk in the woods makes sweet. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Contrast, Nature, Rejuvenation, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. It is as common as life. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Beauty, Commonality, Law, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
Fresh curls spring from the baldest brow. There is nothing inorganic. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Nature, Transformation, Unity., 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. William Morris Designer · England
The court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
