Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure.


The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (ed. 1894)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by ...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by ...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by ...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by ...