Authors
Topics
About
Authors
:
Choose...
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Topics
:
Choose...
0-9
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Quotes
›
Authors
›
H
›
Henry David Thoreau
›
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (1975). “Early Essays and Miscellanies”, p.224, Princeton University Press
4845
← Prev
Next →
Topics
Vices
Ethics
Strokes
Blades
Time
Integrity
Virtue
Return
Related Authors
Mahatma Gandhi
Civil rights leader
Mark Twain
Author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist
John Muir
Author
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philologist
Louisa May Alcott
Novelist
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Herman Melville
Novelist
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights activist
Christopher McCandless
Adventurer
Margaret Fuller
Journalist
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author
Aldo Leopold
Author
Jack London
Author
Walt Whitman
Poet
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Leo Tolstoy
Writer
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Novelist
Popular Topics
Sensual
Bengali
Constipation
Spongebob Squarepants
Search For Truth
Funny Religious
Things Past
Sad And Happy
Comparing Yourself To Others
Argument
Values And Respect
Private Sector
Funny Monday
Look Inside Yourself
Green Things
Close Friendship
Thrill
Burning Bridges
Armed Citizens
Reading Stories
Authors
Topics
About Us
Contact Us
Terms
Privacy Policy