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title: "12 Forest Trees Quotes by 12 authors"
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> [He can't see the forest for the trees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/proverb/he-can-t-see-the-forest-for-the-trees/)

Proverb

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> [Eyes on the forest, not on the trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/eyes-on-the-forest-not-on-the-trees/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [I can't see the forest through the trees, except the trees are people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/i-can-t-see-the-forest-through-the-trees-except-the-trees-are-people/)

[Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/)

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> [A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-douglas/a-forest-of-these-trees-is-a-spectacle-too-much-for-one-man-to-see/)

[David Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-douglas/)

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> [You can't see the forest for the trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/you-can-t-see-the-forest-for-the-trees/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/your-soul-is-a-dark-forest-but-the-trees-are-of-a-particular-species/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/the-improvement-of-forest-trees-is-the-work-of-centuries-so-much-more/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

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> [“the more potential dangerous thing than not being able to see forest because of the trees is not being to see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-more-potential-dangerous-thing-than-not-being-able-to-see-forest/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Though life may not always go the way you please, remember to always see the forest through the trees.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-sodini/though-life-may-not-always-go-the-way-you-please-remember-to-always/)

[Jennifer Sodini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-sodini/)

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> [Some, can see the forest through the trees. Others, only a single tree, and sadly, some, only the dirt at their feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-nickel/some-can-see-the-forest-through-the-trees-others-only-a-single-tree/)

[Eric Nickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-nickel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/eric-nickel-934_flower_some-can-see-the-forest-through-the-tree_3045111.jpg)

> [I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bozoma-saint-john/i-think-women-have-a-unique-talent-for-being-able-to-see-the-forest/)

[Bozoma Saint John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bozoma-saint-john/)

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> [There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/there-is-something-nobly-simple-and-pure-in-a-taste-for-the-2/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

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