Despised Classes

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    Men talk glibly enough about moonshine, as if they knew its qualities very well, and despised them; as owls might talk of sunshine,—none of your sunshine!—but this word commonly means merely something which they do not understand,—which they are abed and asleep to, however much it may be worth their while to be up and awake to it.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)