Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.


Early Spring in Massachusetts: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau (ed. 1882)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.