Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Cursing

• Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Book, Hymns, Forever

  Henry David Thoreau (2004). “Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic”, p.75, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints. Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever. One would say that even the prophets and redeemers had rather consoled the fears than confirmed the hopes of man. There is nowhere recorded a simple and irrepressible satisfaction with the gift of life, any memorable praise of God.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Book, Communication, Memorable

  Henry David Thoreau (2004). “Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic”, p.75, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• No people ever lived by cursing their fathers, however great a curse their fathers might have been to them.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Father, People, Might

  Henry David Thoreau (2008). “Cape Cod: Illustrated Edition of the American Classic”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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