Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it >>

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in >>

The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it. >>

Quotations about Compliments

There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been co >>

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. >>

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference >>

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Thoreau, Henry David