Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a sl >>

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, >>

Youth gets together with their materials to build a bridge to the moon >>

Quotations about Mediocrity

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. >>

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. >>

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small >>

The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed.

Thoreau, Henry David