Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Henry David Thoreau Quotes: To a small man every greater is an exaggeration.
         

To a small man every greater is an exaggeration.


Henry David Thoreau
Check all other quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Henry David Thoreau Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 20 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/To-a-small-man-every-greater-is-646253>.





Check out


Other quotes of Henry David Thoreau


Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





Other quotes you may like


Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all.

Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all.



I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.

I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.



In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.

In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.



Putin is like Al Capone.

Putin is like Al Capone.



That's what vampires do, Kitten. We always come for what's ours, no matter the circumstances." Bones said.

That's what vampires do, Kitten. We always come for what's ours, no matter the circumstances." Bones said.



Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.

Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.



I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.



All professions are... filled with demands.

All professions are... filled with demands.



My belief, through my experiences, is that the world in which we live is but an illusionary world, a world that one day we will leave behind as we travel on toward our destiny and toward reality.

My belief, through my experiences, is that the world in which we live is but an illusionary world, a world that one day we will leave behind as we travel on toward our destiny and toward reality.



You should have desires, but the desires should not have you.

You should have desires, but the desires should not have you.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "To a small man every greater is an exaggeration.". Author of this quote is Henry David Thoreau. This quote is about exaggeration, exaggeration is, men, small man, greater,.