Henry David Thoreau Quote

A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and quality, through a long fronting of men and events, and rubbing on good and bad fortune.


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


A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and...

A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and...

A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and...

A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and...