Henry David Thoreau on appetite
“I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.”
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Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Write while the heat is in you.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau We are constantly invited to be what we are.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
Lord ByronLord Byron We may recur to it year after year, and it will supply the same nourishment and the same gratification, if only we ourselves return to it with the same healthful appetite.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share.
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