Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspici >>

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while I dri >>

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the c >>

Quotations about Luxury

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwelle >>

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessarie >>

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. >>

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Thoreau, Henry David