There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.
JOHN BURROUGHSI still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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Not so the oven-bird, or the other birds that walk, as the cow-bunting, or the quail, or the crow. They move the head forward with the movement of the feet.
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Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls.
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Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
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The pond-lily is a star and easily takes the first place among lilies; and the expeditions to her haunts, and the gathering her where she rocks upon the dark.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds.
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It seems at times as if they possessed some extra sense – the home sense – which operates unerringly.
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
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We are beginning to see that money, after all, is not the main thing. The real values cannot be bought and sold.
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Leap, and the net will appear.
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The queen, I say, is the mother bee; it is undoubtedly complimenting her to call her a queen and invest her with regal authority, yet she is a superb creature and looks every inch a queen.
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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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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
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How many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives, and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
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