When I hear a grown man or woman say, "Once I had faith in men, now I have not," I am inclined to ask, "Who are you whom the world has disappointed? Have not you rather disappointed the world?"


The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (ed. 1887)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

When I hear a grown man or woman say, Once I had faith in men, now I have not, I am inclined to ask, Who are you whom the world has disappointed?...

When I hear a grown man or woman say, Once I had faith in men, now I have not, I am inclined to ask, Who are you whom the world has disappointed?...

When I hear a grown man or woman say, Once I had faith in men, now I have not, I am inclined to ask, Who are you whom the world has disappointed?...

When I hear a grown man or woman say, Once I had faith in men, now I have not, I am inclined to ask, Who are you whom the world has disappointed?...