--- title: "1 Aprons Quotes By Selma Lagerlöf" description: "1 Aprons quotes by Selma Lagerlöf. Plus more from Selma Lagerlöf and more Aprons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/selma-lagerl-f-17524_aprons_i-see-the-green-earth-covered-with-the-w_1811067.jpg" --- > [... I see the green earth covered with the works of man or with the ruins of men’s work. The pyramids weigh down the earth, the tower of Babel has pierced the sky, the lovely temples and the gray castles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/i-see-the-green-earth-covered-with-the-works-of-man-or-with-the-ruins/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/selma-lagerl-f-17524_aprons_i-see-the-green-earth-covered-with-the-w_1811067.jpg) ## More by Selma Lagerlöf > [What is so certain of victory as patience?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/what-is-so-certain-of-victory-as-patience/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/it-is-not-a-good-omen-to-meet-a-lot-of-cats-when-one-sets-out-on-a/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“He needed so much to weep. All the distrust of life which misfortunes had brought to the little Värmland boy needed tears to wash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/he-needed-so-much-to-weep-all-the-distrust-of-life-which-misfortunes/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Here, no mercy is shown. One hates one's fellow man to the glory of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/here-no-mercy-is-shown-one-hates-one-s-fellow-man-to-the-glory-of-god/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“Assim manda a justiça - a inteligência e a sabedoria foram e são ainda hoje as qualidades que transformam o mendigo em príncipe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/assim-manda-a-justi-a-a-intelig-ncia-e-a-sabedoria-foram-e-s-o-ainda/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/no-one-is-able-to-enjoy-such-feast-than-the-one-who-throws-a-party-in/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [More die in flight than in battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/more-die-in-flight-than-in-battle/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their destruction, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/young-horses-who-cannot-bear-the-whip-or-spur-find-life-hard-at-every/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“What Gosta,' he said to himself, 'can you no longer endure? You have been hardened in poverty all of your life; you have heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/what-gosta-he-said-to-himself-can-you-no-longer-endure-you-have-been/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [For what is man's soul but a flame? It flickers in and around the body of a man as does the flame around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/for-what-is-man-s-soul-but-a-flame-it-flickers-in-and-around-the-body/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/the-ways-of-providence-cannot-be-reasoned-out-by-the-finite-mind-i/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Women can do nothing that has permanence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/women-can-do-nothing-that-has-permanence/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/strange-when-you-ask-anyone-s-advice-you-see-yourself-what-is-right/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [If dead things love, if earth and water distinguish friends from enemies, I should like to possess their love. I should like the green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/if-dead-things-love-if-earth-and-water-distinguish-friends-from/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“É mais fácil voar alto do que baixo (...) é mais fácil voar depressa do que devagar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/mais-f-cil-voar-alto-do-que-baixo-mais-f-cil-voar-depressa-do-que/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aprons/selma-lagerl-f/#itemlist", "name": "1 Aprons Quotes By Selma Lagerlöf", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... I see the green earth covered with the works of man or with the ruins of men’s work. 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