Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
JOHN BURROUGHSUnadulterated, unsweetened observations are what the real nature-lover craves. No man can invent incidents and traits as interesting as the reality.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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The building of cities and towns, the cutting down of forests, and the draining of pools and swamps have deprived American birds of their original homes and food supply.
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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world.
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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
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The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind.
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The city, a place to which one goes to do business, is a place where men overreach each other in the fight for money. But it is not a place in which one can live.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
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One of the most graceful of warriors is the robin. I know few prettier sights than two males challenging and curveting about each other upon the grass in early spring. Their attentions to each other are so courteous and restrained.
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England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.
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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
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