"We do not enjoy poetry unless we..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.”

“Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed.”

“It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however, ancient, can be trusted without proof. ... Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.”

“He is exactly the poem I wanted to write.”

“Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.”

“I know as well as thee that I am no poet bornIt is a trade, I never learnt nor indeed could learnIf I make verses-'tis in spiteOf nature and my stars I write.”

“The present eye praises the present object.”

“The flowers of the apple are perhaps the most beautiful of any tree's, so copious and so delicious to both sight and scent.”

“If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord be the keeper of your soul. If I knew that this would be the last time you pass through this door, I’d embrace you, kiss you, and call you back for one more. If I knew that this would be the last time I would hear your voice, I’d take hold of each word to be able to hear it over and over again. If I knew this is the last time I see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already.”