England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.
JOHN BURROUGHSTo strong, susceptible characters, the music of nature is not confined to sweet sounds.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consciousness.
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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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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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There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
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If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. And the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.
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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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In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
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Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.
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The distribution of plants in a given locality is not more marked and defined than that of the birds. Show a botanist a landscape, and he will tell you where to look for the lady’s-slipper, the columbine, or the harebell.
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England is like the margin of a spring-run: near its source, always green, always cool, always moist, comparatively free from frost in winter and from drought in summer.
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Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.
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Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more familiar forms.
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To many forms of life of our northern lands, winter means a long sleep; to others, it means what it means to many fortunate human beings – travels in warm climes.
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
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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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