Henry David Thoreau1817–1862The quotations of
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher
1817–1862
81 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Government and Money. Part of the Writers collection.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
August 19, 1851- Walden (1854), p. 10In context
My life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it.A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Friday- Civil Disobedience (1849)In context
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear.
Walden (1854), p. 104In context- Walden (1854), Where I Lived, and What I Lived ForIn context
- Walden (1854), Where I Lived, and What I Lived ForIn context
- Walden (1854), Where I Lived, and What I Lived ForIn context
- Walden (1854), Where I Lived, and What I Lived ForIn context
- Walden (1854), Where I Lived, and What I Lived ForIn context
- Walden (1854), SoundsIn context
