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> [There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping through the under currents of the soil, but you have to be willing to wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/there-are-occasions-when-you-can-hear-the-mysterious-language-of-the/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

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## More by John Hay

> [I think that saving a little child And bringing him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the throne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/i-think-that-saving-a-little-child-and-bringing-him-to-his-own-is-a/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/make-all-good-men-your-well-wishers-and-then-in-the-years-steady/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/break-not-the-rose-its-fragrance-and-beauty-are-surely-sufficient/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/there-are-occasions-when-you-can-hear-the-mysterious-language-of-the/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/speak-with-the-speech-of-the-world-think-with-the-thoughts-of-the-few/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/at-my-door-the-pale-horse-stands-to-carry-me-to-unknown-lands/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/there-are-three-species-of-creatures-who-when-they-seem-coming-are/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [“This beach I voyage on leads me through the earth's immortal consistencies. Each form I encounter obeys the principles of perfection and trial, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/this-beach-i-voyage-on-leads-me-through-the-earth-s-immortal/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [It would never occur to most of us that 'plants' say anything at all, except in terms of what we read into them, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/it-would-never-occur-to-most-of-us-that-plants-say-anything-at-all/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/dealing-with-a-government-with-whom-mendacity-is-a-science-is-an/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [“The wooing of those days was prompt and practical. There was no time for the gradual approaches of an idler and more conventional age.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/the-wooing-of-those-days-was-prompt-and-practical-there-was-no-time/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends say in the course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/the-best-loved-man-or-maid-in-the-town-would-perish-with-anguish/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [The people will come to their own at last,-God is not mocked forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/the-people-will-come-to-their-own-at-last-god-is-not-mocked-forever/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/what-is-first-love-worth-except-to-prepare-for-a-second-what-does/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

> [“In a society so estranged from animals as ours, we often fail to credit them with any form of language. If we do, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/in-a-society-so-estranged-from-animals-as-ours-we-often-fail-to/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

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