Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Good Deeds

• As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Success, Agreement

  'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

• As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Deeds Done, Transcendentalism, Good Deeds

  'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

• If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Funny, Life, Running

  Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.48, Courier Corporation

• Good deeds are no less good because their object is unworthy.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Deeds, Morality, Objects

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.137, Jazzybee Verlag

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