Who said we live lives of quiet desperation
Also, what does thoreau think of most people's lives?Most men lead lives of quiet desperation — henry david thoreau.Then, of course, there are those who will suffer.We think these things will make us happy.Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, he wrote in walden in 1854.
Divorce, job loss, debt, health issues, and mental illness only add to the mass of desperate humanity.Thoreau claimed the value we attach to possessions, money and status is wrong.We feel a void in our lives, and we attempt to fill it with things like money, possessions, and accolades.Henry david thoreau's quote the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of.
The new york times corrects a misquote of thoreau's quiet desperation line: