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.
JOHN BURROUGHSAs with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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There is a great deal of speculation in the eye of an animal, but very little science.
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I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life.
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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 common bees will never use their sting upon the queen; if she is to be disposed of, they starve her to death, and the queen herself will sting nothing but royalty, nothing but a rival queen.
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
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Even in rugged Scotland, nature is scarcely wilder than a mountain sheep, certainly a good way short of the ferity of the moose and caribou.
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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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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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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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To strong, susceptible characters, the music of nature is not confined to sweet sounds.
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Robin is one of the most native and democratic of our birds; he is one of the family, and seems much nearer to us than those rare, exotic visitants, as the orchard starling or rose-breasted grossbeak, with their distant, high-bred ways.
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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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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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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think.
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