Secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.
JOHN BURROUGHSA sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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Naturalists, like poets, are born and then made only by years of painstaking observation.
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Nature teaches more than she preaches.
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The dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show anger at the door that slammed to and hit him. Probably, if the door held him by his tail or his limb, it would quickly receive the imprint of his teeth.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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The naturist must see all things in the light of his experiences in this world.
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Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
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The trunk of a tree is like a community where only one generation at a time is engaged in active business, the great mass of the population being retired and adding solidity and permanence to the social organism.
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The red squirrel is more common and less dignified than the gray, and oftener guilty of petty larceny about the barns and grain-fields.
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me.
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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
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