Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows t >>

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested >>

To regret deeply is to live afresh. >>

Quotations about Nations

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but f >>

Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a natio >>

The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough >>

Nations! What are nations? Tartars! and Huns! and Chinamen! Like insects they swarm. The historian strives in vain to make them memorable. It is for want of a man that there are so many men. It is individuals that populate the world.

Thoreau, Henry David