The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute; the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
HT Henry David ThoreauEssayist & naturalist · 1817–1862这句箴言的含义
Everything you buy or pursue is paid for in life — in time and energy you will not get back. The question is whether the exchange is worth it, a quiet test for how you spend your days.
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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 智慧, drawn from Walden — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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