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What Does This Quote Mean (It's From Thoreau)?
"Most men live lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."
Thoreau
4 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Most people don't follow their dreams and live according to the conventions of society
- Tricksy RabbitLv 58 years ago
This is a common misquote. Thoreau wrote: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”
So, he's equating desperation with resignation and loss of the will to fight for what you want, or dream of, or believe in.
- ?Lv 68 years ago
Men go to the grave with their dreams unfulfilled.
The meaning being that many people didn't have the inner strength to carry out their ambitions.
- Alema PequoiaLv 78 years ago
People keep their dreams hidden inside themselves but are not desperate enough to let them fly; therefore, they die without achieving those goals (the song still in them).
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