
source: Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.15
topic: Games, Despair, Amusement, Quiet Desperation, Concealed
source: Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden: An Annotated Edition”, p.323, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
topic: Inspirational, Life, Success, Metaphors Of Life, Mink
source: Henry David Thoreau (1960). “H. D. Thoreau, a Writer's Journal”, p.24, Courier Corporation
topic: Philosophical, Animal, Men, Muskrats
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
topic: Wisdom, Business, Intelligence, Quiet Desperation, Muskrats
source: Annie Dillard (1994). “The Annie Dillard reader”, Harpercollins
topic: Special, Library, World, Malevolence, Lobotomy
source: Henry David Thoreau (2017). “Walden: Life in the Woods”, p.105, Gibbs Smith