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> [“The good men of every age are those who go to the roots of the old thoughts and bear fruit with them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-good-men-of-every-age-are-those-who-go-to-the-roots-of-the-old/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [We are dying of preconceptions, outworn rules, decaying flags, venomous religions, and sentimentalities. We need a new world. We've wrenched up all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/we-are-dying-of-preconceptions-outworn-rules-decaying-flags-venomous/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

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> [I didn't truly understand the depth of my roots until I was old enough to wonder and care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeriel-miranda/i-didn-t-truly-understand-the-depth-of-my-roots-until-i-was-old/)

[Aeriel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeriel-miranda/)

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> [“Resting on the roots of this old oak I lean back against his knotted trunk, shine my granny smith on my sleeve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/resting-on-the-roots-of-this-old-oak-i-lean-back-against-his-knotted/)

[Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/)

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> [“If you get too attached to your roots in the old sense, you might actually become unrooted, fossilized. At least in form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/if-you-get-too-attached-to-your-roots-in-the-old-sense-you-might/)

[V.S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul-2/)

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