Henry David Thoreau Men Quotes

What did Henry David Thoreau say about Men?

Henry David Thoreau has written many quotes about Men. E.g.,

• I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
• I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
• Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

What are the top most famous Men quotes by Henry David Thoreau?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Men by Henry David Thoreau.

• I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
• I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
• Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
• All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
• 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.
• We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
• Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
• Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
• The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
• Men are born to succeed, not to fail.