Trees Quote by A.E. Housman Download Open image ““The tree of man was never quiet: Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.”” — A.E. Housman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Trees
There, like the wind through woods in riot, Through him the gale of life blew high; The tree of man was never quiet: Then… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
“An old man who plants a tree whose shade he will never use is the primary component of civilization.” — Vaughn Heppner Copy Share Image
“if you can’t trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one?” — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“But unfortunately, I am a man, and there is nothing for me to do but, like a Roman, fold my arms across my breast… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“Under the stillness of an old tree - a monk sits in silence, the oak sheds it's leaves.” — Meeta Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
“After denuding the trunk, the men left to denude others, and for a time the tree stood blighted, trying to raise its stunted arms,… — Jeffery Eugenides Copy Share Image
“And for a time the tree stood blighted, trying to raise its stumted arms, a creature clubbed mute, only its sudden voicelessness making us… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Rome, yes, I say, thinking in quick succession of the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the cardinals screwing around while wondering whether women have souls… — Erlend Loe Copy Share Image
“The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.” — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.” — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“I to my perils Of cheat and charmer Came clad in armour By stars benign. Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“There pass the careless people That call their souls their own: Here by the road I loiter, How idle and alone. Ah, past the… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Oh on my breast in days hereafter Light the earth should lie, Such weight to bear is now the air, So heavy hangs the… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God’s ways to… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“In my own shire, if I was sad Homely comforters I had: The earth, because my heart was sore, Sorrowed for the son she… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“If it chance your eye offends you, Pluck it out lad, and be sound: 'Twill hurt, but here are salves to friend you, And… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“They say my verse is sad: no wonder. Its narrow measure spans Rue for eternity, and sorrow Not mine, but man's This is for… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Diffugere Nives Horace, Odes, iv, 7 The snows are fled away, leaves on the shaws And grasses in the mead renew their birth, The… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Along the field as we came by A year ago, my love and I, The aspen over stile and stone Was talking to itself… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary; and that is to have a head, not a pumpkin,… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's about less is more. It's about the seed. Thinking about this gigantic tree that you think is so beautiful but it started… — Fred Durst Copy Share Image
“Sitting at the old patio table she’d cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs of the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this… — Brian Swimme Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
“Nevermore Tree was gargantuan, a word which here means 'having attained an inordinate amount of botanical volume.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Sentinels of trees breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh As their mighty arms reach to the stars we join in their quest for… — Ramon Ravenswood Copy Share Image
You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The problem with drinking and driving is that trees defend themselves very well. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
I liked climbing trees and could often be found up one reading a book. I played games with Dad and drew maps for him… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
