I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life.
JOHN BURROUGHSNo one else looks out upon the world so kindly and charitably as the pedestrian; no one else gives and takes so much from the country he passes through.
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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.
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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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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
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The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
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The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all riders is a cheerful heart.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
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To strong, susceptible characters, the music of nature is not confined to sweet sounds.
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When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse is cured of his fright at the robe, or the meal-bag, or other object, as soon as he can be induced to smell it.
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Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as if it were riveted to the body.
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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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Where country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails.
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To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter.
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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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The geologist is pretty sure to be an evolutionist.
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