TheRealQuotes

"No humane being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature which holds its life by the same tenure that he does."

―

Killing

From

Author

Added on

About Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, naturalist, and philosopher associated with Transcendentalism. He is best known for Walden and Civil Disobedience, works that influenced environmental thought and civil rights movements.

Born:

Died:

View all quotes from Henry David Thoreau

"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgiv..."
"The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them."
"When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools."