Henry David Thoreau Quotes
This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.
Citations
Thoreau, Henry David. Early Essays and Miscellanies, edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer, Edwin Moser, and Alexander Kern, Princeton University Press, 1975, p. 116.
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Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
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