The life without men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others? (Henry David Thoreau)

The life without men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

Henry David Thoreau

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