On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
タグ: life-and-death, death-of-a-loved-one, death-of-a-friend, death, comforting-thought

"Henry David Thoreau"の他の名言

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
タグ: nature, living, life, death
It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak, and another to hear.
タグ: truth, trust
What is once well done is done forever.
タグ: once, well, forever, done
The universe is wider than our views of it.
タグ: views, wider, our, than, universe
Men have become the tools of their tools.
タグ: technology, become, tools, men
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