Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuo >>

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the >>

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book >>

Quotations about Friends and Friendship

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The endearing elegance of female friendship. >>

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

Thoreau, Henry David