Famous quotes containing the words henry david and/or david:
“This spending of the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he might return to England and live the life of a poet. He should have gone up garret at once.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We know but few men, a great many coats and breeches.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)