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.
JOHN BURROUGHSThe 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.
More John Burroughs Quotes
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Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.
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Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
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I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
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The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense is his life, large-brained, large-lunged, hot, ecstatic, his frame charged with buoyancy and his heart with song.
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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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Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.
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Nature furnishes the conditions – the solitude – and the soul furnishes the entertainment.
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Living in the city is a discordant thing, an unnatural thing.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.
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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
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The fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top.
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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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Like tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities – political, commercial, sociological, scientific – of the times in which I have lived.
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The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That’s Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
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