"They can do without architecture who have..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.”
“I know a good woman who thinks that her son lost his life because he took to drinking water only.”
“It is comparatively a faint and reflected beauty that is admired, not an essential and intrinsic one. It is because the old are weak, feel their mortality, and think that they have measured the strength of man. They will not boast; they will be frank and humble. Well, let them have the few poor comforts they can keep. Humility is still a very human virtue. They look back on life, and so see not into the future. The prospect of the young is forward and unbounded, mingling the future with the present.”
More on Materialism
“The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”
“I just saw an ad the other day that I couldn't believe. There was this woman-and I think it's degrading to womankind-she was going out of her mind over a new product called "A Thousand Flushes." Here she was in her toilet, saying, "Oh, I love this product!" and, "My life is complete!" Good God-if your joy depends on "A Thousand Flushes," you're sick!”
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
More on Simplicity
“The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine. The simplicity of nature is not that which may be easily read but is inexhaustible. The last analysis can no wise be made.”
“He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.”
“But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What gold more innocent could one have asked for?”