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Henry David Thoreau Quotes
«It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name, but is the overwhelming authority and respectability of mankind combined. Men reverence one another, not yet God.»
«Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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Politics
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gizzard, gravel, gut
«To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts; but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates.»
«We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion. She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority. The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveler's cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
cap, cuts, monkey, Parcae, spins, the Graces, traveler, weaves
«Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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Fame
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coarsely, finely, hurrah, hurrahs