Quote of Henry David Thoreau - Great men, unknown to their generation...
Biography - Henry David Thoreau:
American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
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Quotes about stars:
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Men at some time are masters of their fates;
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Quotes for: greatness
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Quotes for: generation
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions; so that the ruin of one is almost always the foundation of another.
Nations do not grow old in the same way that men do. Each generation born within the nation is like a new people.
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.
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