Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see.
HT Henry David ThoreauEssayist & naturalist · 1817–1862Ce que cette citation signifie
Seeing is more than looking; it is attention and understanding. Thoreau distinguishes the passive gaze from the active, meaningful kind.
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American naturalist and author of Walden, who wrote on simplicity, nature, and living deliberately.
This line is among the quotes by Henry David Thoreau that readers return to on sagesse — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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