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Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Wealth

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. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .

Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.125, Cosimo, Inc.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.

Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience”, p.233, Henry David Thoreau

It requires more than a day's devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day.

Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.114, Cambridge University Press

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.121, Graphic Arts Books

Color, which is the poet's wealth, is so expensive that most take to mere outline sketches and become men of science.

Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.80, Courier Corporation

Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2109, Delphi Classics

I am never rich in money, and I am never meanly poor.

Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.122, Penguin