Henry David Thoreau: from "Walden" - Aphorisms

Question 1

aphorisms

Answer 1

• sound a lot like advice; they are words you can live by

Question 2

which of the following from Thoreau’s Walden is not an aphorism

Answer 2

sec 3: For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about [life];

Question 3

which sentence best expresses the meaning of the following aphorism from Section 16 of Thoreau’s Walden?
sec 16: the surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels

Answer 3

just as our feet make paths in the soft earth, so our thoughts make impressions on our minds

Question 4

which of the following from Thoreau’s Walden is not an aphorism

Answer 4

sec 2: the very dew seemed to hang upon the trees later into the day than usual

Question 5

which sentence best expresses the meaning of the following aphorism from Section 16 of Thoreau’s Walden?
sec 16: it is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves

Answer 5

we easily and without thinking fall into certain routines and create habits for ourselves

Question 6

which of the following from Thoreau’s Walden is not an aphorism

Answer 6

sec 10: i have always been regretting that i was not as wise as the day i was born