Henry David Thoreau Quote

Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who resorts to the easy novel, because he is languid, does no better than if he took a nap.


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


Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who resorts to the easy novel, because he is languid, does no better ...

Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who resorts to the easy novel, because he is languid, does no better ...

Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who resorts to the easy novel, because he is languid, does no better ...

Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who resorts to the easy novel, because he is languid, does no better ...