Henry David Thoreau libro Walden ovvero Vita nei boschi
Origine: Walden (1854), p.10
Henry David Thoreau: Frasi in inglese
Henry David Thoreau era filosofo, scrittore e poeta statunitense. Frasi in inglese.Henry David Thoreau: 474 citazioni74 Mi piace
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root”
Walden (1854)
Origine: Walden, or Life in the Woods
Contesto: There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.<!--p.87
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”
Henry David Thoreau Letters to Various Persons
Letter to Harrison Blake (16 November 1857)
Origine: Letters to Various Persons
“The universe is wider than our views of it.”
Origine: Walden & Civil Disobedience
“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
Henry David Thoreau libro Walden ovvero Vita nei boschi
Origine: Walden
“Friends… they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.”
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Origine: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Henry David Thoreau libro Walden ovvero Vita nei boschi
Origine: Walden
“In wildness is the preservation of the world.”
Henry David Thoreau libro Walking
Origine: Walking (June 1862)
Henry David Thoreau libro Walden ovvero Vita nei boschi
Origine: Walden