To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.


Walden (1854)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.