Henry David Thoreau Quote

All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. Theyprefer to be misunderstood rather than to come short of its exuberance.


A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (ed. 1873)


All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. Theyprefer to be...

All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. Theyprefer to be...

All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. Theyprefer to be...

All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. Theyprefer to be...