Henry David Thoreau Quote

I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not shivered into diamonds over their heads.


Familiar letters, ed. by F. B. Sanborn. Enl. ed (ed. 1906)


I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not...

I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not...

I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not...

I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not...