Henry David Thoreau
An American Transcendentalist writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau was a fierce advocate for simple living in nature, individual conscience, and non-violent civil resistance.
Frases de Henry David Thoreau
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.”
Filosófico “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
Crítica social “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”
Político “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
Reflexão econômica “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”
Individualismo “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”
Moral “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?”
Produtividade “All good poetry is history, or personal experience.”
Estética “The best part of agriculture is not what you harvest, but the experience of cultivating the earth.”
Naturalista “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand.”
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