Famous quotes containing the words henry david, henry and/or david:
“Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)
“How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)