瓦尔登湖经典语录英文

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.

Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

The sun is but a morning star.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so - called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.

The less men think, the more they talk.

Time is but the stream I go a - fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.

I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

We are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us.

The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star - dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.

I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust.

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Our life is like a German Confederacy, made up of petty states, with its boundary forever fluctuating, so that even a German cannot tell you how it is bounded at any moment.

I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls.

I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Many a poor sore - eyed student that I have heard of would grow faster, both intellectually and physically, if, instead of sitting up so very late, he honestly slumbered a fool's allowance.

It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage.

The value of a man is not in his skin, that we should touch him.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

We are all rich in resources, if we could only draw on them.

The more you know of your neighbors, the more trouble you will have.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it.

The most distinct and beautiful statement of any truth must take at last the mathematical form.

I have a great deal of company in my house, especially in the morning, when nobody calls.

I had rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

The reason why men do not obey is because they do not understand.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies.

I have frequently seen a poet withdraw, having enjoyed the most valuable part of a farm, while the crusty farmer supposed that he had got a few wild apples only.

I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

The only wealth is life.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.

I would not talk so much about myself if there were any body else whom I knew as well.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor.

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls.

I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five; and reduce other things in proportion.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

I do not believe in preaching. It should be the effect of your living, not of your talking.

The true end of a liberal education is the discovery of a man's true self.

The sun is but a morning star.

It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. What are you busy about?

The less men think, the more they talk.

I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Many a poor sore - eyed student that I have heard of would grow faster, both intellectually and physically, if, instead of sitting up so very late, he honestly slumbered a fool's allowance.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

The most distinct and beautiful statement of any truth must take at last the mathematical form.

I had rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies.

I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

The only wealth is life.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.

I would not talk so much about myself if there were any body else whom I knew as well.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor.