I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface but...

I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface but not so much as a grain of wisdom.
Henry David Thoreau

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Children who play life discern its true law and relations more clearly than men who fail to live it worthily but who think that they are wiser by experience that is by failure.
- Henry David Thoreau
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In what concerns you much do not think that you have companions know that you are alone in the world.
- Henry David Thoreau

I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface but not so much as a grain of wisdom. Henry David Thoreau

I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface but not so much as a grain of wisdom.
Henry David Thoreau