WaldenNotes Walden Lake English reading notesWalden Henry David Thoreau Chapter 1 Economy 2013-11-5 Quote The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind Why should we exaggerate an

at it was not a hardship but a pastime. He believed that living simply and wisely was the key to happiness and that the pursuits of simpler nations were still the sports of more artificial ones. Thoreau did not believe that a man needed to earn his living by the sweat of his brow, but rather that he should find joy in his work.