A prophetic statement to be sure: *wink*
"See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but the slave and prisoner of his own opinion of himself, a fame won by his own deeds. Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate........The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ....A stereotype by unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things?"
Sounds like someone we may know of?
2007-11-27 08:44:15 · 10 answers · asked by Grace 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Walden (Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau
2007-11-27 08:54:01 · answer #1 · answered by jdubbubble 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Walden -- looks like he walked all away around the pond to git to the outhouse.
2007-11-28 01:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like several someones I know.
2007-11-27 10:05:57 · answer #3 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't me, after having written I won't write on walls a thousand times it cured me of this stuff!
2007-11-27 11:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just a guess but do you mean George Bush? If you do, then you would have to include Tony B liar.
2007-11-27 09:42:01 · answer #5 · answered by Yoda 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It certainly isn't one of our trolls...for never would I call their antics a characteristic of wisdom.
However, the first sentence or two certainly describes it/her/him. Though I'm sure Thoreau knew not of what we face here...;-)
2007-11-27 10:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes, got you wink!
2007-11-27 08:55:33 · answer #7 · answered by slk29406 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
he was naked at the pond when he wrote it
2007-11-28 07:01:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
unless i am wrong i will go with poster number one!!!
2007-11-27 10:54:25 · answer #9 · answered by mister ed 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
*wink* back at ya!
2007-11-27 09:54:33 · answer #10 · answered by Wandering In The Wilderness 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋