Henry David Thoreau Quote

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)


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?...